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In attempts to salvage their reputations, some cast members, including Cynthia Arivo and Ariana Grande, have publicly commented on the challenges of making musicals, framing them as "extremely hard" to pull off—an assertion widely seen as a pragmatic, if not slightly defensive, explanation for the film's reception.
During interviews, Arivo praised the director John M. Chu and emphasized the difficulty of merging music with cinematic storytelling. Meanwhile, Hugh Jackman echoed sentiments about the genre's difficulty, seemingly trying to position Wicked for Good as an artistic endeavor struggling against insurmountable odds.