It’s common for actors to take home props and pieces of costume after a shoot. However, I wonder how common it is for performers to snag prosthetic ears from the set after the final cut is called. Well, at least one person has done this, because Ariana Grande took home the prosthetic ears her fellow Wicked cast member, Cynthia Erivo, wore while she was playing Elphaba.
Now, Erivo needed the prosthetic ears because she had so many piercings in real life, and this was the easiest way to cover them up. Naturally, Grande ended up with a pair of them, as I mentioned, and during an interview with the BBC , she was asked where she keeps them. In response, the pop star said: Right now, they’re just, like, next to the printer.
With, like, pens and printer and then Cynthia’s ears. But sometimes if I’m having guests over or if I put out a tray of whatever, I’ll just kind of leave them nearby to see if anyone gets a little confused. I’m just kidding.
I’ve never done that, but I will. No, yeah, they’re next to the printer for now. You know, by the printer and near the office supplies feels like the perfect place for the ears that were worn by one of the 2025 Oscar nominees , because I'm not quite sure where else you'd even put something like that.
Grande continued to muse about the unique keepsake too. She determined that framing them would be “weird,” and, in her own words, was “spiraling” about the topic. The Glinda actress hilariously said: I think that’s the .