bad An infamous deleted scene featuring a shirtless Jonathan Bailey and Ethan Slater as Fierro and Bok has finally been released, and fans couldn’t be happier.
After Saturday night live alum e bad Cast member Bowen Young teased Trisha Pettus podcast last year There was a deleted scene where the two fit actors “ripped their shirts off”, leaving viewers wondering what happened in the footage. But you don’t have to wonder anymore, because the scene in question has been revealed online.
Entertainment tonight Share the deleted montage scene from the premiere bad In the Friday movie, Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), Glinda (Ariana Grande), Nessaros (Marissa Bode), Fierro and Bok skip classes at Shiz University to have fun together in the woods.
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The main group of characters play badminton, have picnics and make beautiful memories, unaware that their time as friends is extremely limited. The scene also shows Bok picking up an ax and predicting his fate Bad: Forever; a sweet kiss between Fierro and Glinda; And Elphaba gives Glinda a pair of black boots.
When the two men end up shirtless, Fierro is the first to tear off his clothes after sweating it out chopping wood, much to the delight of Glinda and Elphaba, who are watching nearby. Not wanting to be seen, Bok then tears off his shirt, much to Nesserose’s delight.
Although Young previously said the scene was cut for time, he also believed it was because Slater was too “relieved” to make it believable that Bock was “unsure” next to a shirtless Fierro.
“Look, he’s dressed under that shirt,” Young said on Pettus’ podcast. “They shot a whole montage after ‘Popular’… just to show the audience that they’re all friends now – Fierro, Glinda, Elphaba, Nessa and Bock – the five of them, running around the camp, hanging out together. There was a moment, and there was paparazzi shots in the middle because they had to shoot, like, London, a park in Bocanath and outside Bocanath. Bailey and Ethan Slater, their shirts. ripped off and so you can see Jonathan Bailey all over his shirtless glory, equally flexible.”
Young went on to explain that Bock felt “insecure” at the time, “he wanted to look attractive,” which is why he copied Fiero.
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“But then it’s like, ‘Wait, Ethan has a great body,’” Young said. “I might be hurt for saying that. But the movie’s out, okay.”
Who knows if the deleted scene changes bad For the better, but we’ve all changed for the better now that it’s out. Watch the scene above.
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