Ariana Grande Reveals Shared struggles with Taylor Swift, Reflecting on Return to Acting
LOS ANGELES, CA – Ariana Grande has revealed the deeply personal connection she feels to acting, describing it as a return to her roots and a fulfillment of a lifelong dream, particularly highlighted by her role as Glinda in Wicked and its sequel, Wicked: For Good, releasing November 21. The performance has garnered her nominations for major awards including the Oscar, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild, and Golden Globe, and she’s opened up about the emotional core driving her creative pursuits, identifying a shared experience with fellow artist Taylor Swift.
Grande’s journey back to acting represents a “full circle” moment, but also a challenging one requiring a diffrent emotional skillset than her established music career.”There is obviously a creative process to both, but in the way you prepare they are entirely different,” she explained. “When you are writing music it is about trying to get your experiences and emotions into a song… When you are trying to get into character it’s about trying to become somebody else, what makes them tick, what’s going on in their head, what are their motives.” This shift, she implies, requires navigating vulnerabilities and complexities that resonate with the intensely personal songwriting often found in Swift’s work.
The actress recalled breaking down in tears upon securing the role of Glinda,a testament to the significance of acting in her childhood aspirations. Despite the success of her music career, Grande suggests a deeper, more transformative process is involved in embodying a character, a sentiment likely echoed by Swift, who has also transitioned between public personas and narrative storytelling through her music.
