Wicked film director Jon M. Chu called his leading ladies, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, ‘hardcore’ and ‘intense’ for getting multiple matching tattoos.

Grande, 31, and Erivo, 37, spoke about the several matching body art pieces they have to commemorate the film, while appearing on SiriusXM Hits 1 LA with Tony Fly and Symon on Tuesday. 

The singer and actress — who recently sparked concern with her painfully thin appearance — said their director was surprised about them getting the ink before they even finished filming.

‘He was like, “We’re not even done yet,”‘ she recalled. ‘I was like, “Yeah. Should we not be doing this?”‘

Grande, who plays Glinda, said there are some tattoos they can share publicly, but ‘some are secret.’ 

Wicked film director Jon M. Chu, 45, called his leading ladies, Ariana Grande, 31, and Cynthia Erivo, 37, ‘hardcore’ and ‘intense’ for getting multiple matching tattoos; seen in October

Grande and Erivo spoke about the matching body art they have while appearing on SiriusXM Hits 1 LA with Tony Fly and Symon on Tuesday; the duo seen showing off their Poppies tattoos

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Erivo, who plays Elphaba, gave a run down of their ink, telling Symon: ‘We have “For Good” on our palms,’ in reference to the musical’s duet between them. 

Grande then added, ‘We have our poppies’ – the flower tattoos they have on the side of their hands. 

Poppies appeared in the timeless 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, where they lulled Dorothy (Judy Garland) to sleep. They also appear in Wicked.

They previously shared pH๏τos of the tattoos on their Instagram Stories earlier this year. 

Erivo also said, ‘I have my hat and my broom.’ 

Meanwhile Ariana added, ‘I have Glinda from the 1901 original L. Frank Baum book.’ Baum’s magical journey into the Land of Oz began with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 

Ariana, who has over 60 tattoos, has the Glinda The Good Witch tattoo on her hand. 

Erivo also shared she has a tattoo of Elphaba’s line, ‘Maybe some of us are just different.’ 

Grande, who plays Glinda, said there are some tattoos they can share publicly, but ‘some are secret’; Aside from the poppies they also have a ‘for good’ tattoos on their palms

Grande said their director was surprised about them getting the ink before they even finished filming; Cynthia and Ariana pictured November 9 in Los Angeles

‘He was like, “We’re not even done yet,”‘ she recalled. ‘I was like, “Yeah. Should we not be doing this?”‘; Chu pictured in October

Ariana, who has over 60 tattoos, also has ink of her character Glinda The Good Witch on her hand; pictured November in Australia 

Grande admitted ‘there was a moment’ when they were getting the tattoos, where she thought, ‘Hope they like it.’

‘It is what it is. It’s here,’ Erivo quipped.

Grande then stated ‘It’s on us.’

While on the show they also discussed their close friendship and how they’ve stayed in touch since wrapping production.

Erivo admitted the duo’s five-hour FaceTime conversations are ‘ridiculous.’

Grande said she’ll call ‘to keep her company’ to which Erivo said that her pal will call when she’s doing her nails and ‘that’s like a five-hour situation.’

‘She sometimes, I think, wants to hang up, and I just keep going and going and going,’ Grande joked.

‘No. I’m like, “Keep going,”‘ Erivo replied. ‘We find things to keep talking about for the five hours and it’s lovely ’cause my brain is not on what’s going on, so I’m just chatting.’

Ariana previously shared they got the ‘For Good’ tattoo on April 24, 2023, along with what appeared to be drawings for a Glinda tattoo as well as a singular bubble

Part one of Wicked hits US theaters November 27 followed by the second part on November 26, 2025

Ariana previously shared they got the ‘For Good’ tattoo on April 24, 2023.

At the time the star posted a note with what appeared to be drawings for a Glinda tattoo as well as a singular bubble.

On Tuesday, Gold Derby reported that Grande ‘now places among the top five most likely supporting actress contenders’ for the 2025 Oscars due to her performance as The Good Witch of the South.

Part one of Wicked hits US theaters November 27 followed by the second part on November 26, 2025.

The $145M-budget film also stars the former Nickelodeon child star’s real-life boyfriend Ethan Slater, Jonathan Bailey, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum.

Last Friday, Ariana received three nominations – including best pop vocal album for Eternal Sunshine – at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, which air February 2 on CBS.