“I’m not dealing with it,” she says.

“There’s too many layers.”

I’m not dealing with it.

Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba

Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in ‘Wicked’.Universal Studios

There’s too many layers.

I’m not dealing with it.

I’m not going to the bathroom.

Wicked - Official Trailer Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo

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It is what it is."

Sometimes, she was in the costume as early as 7 a.m. for 12 or 14 hours.

“Those days can be really…big,” Erivo said.

“They can be really exhausting, because your body is being put through the strangest things.”

People would ask Erivo if she needed to use the bathroom, but she refused.

“No, I don’t need the bathroom,” the two-time Oscar nominee would tell them.

“Let’s go.

We’re in it.”

“Thank goodness, Erivo toldThe New York Timesin a joint interview with Grande.

“Because it was not the two ladies that I was auditioning with.”

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Wicked, which costarsMichelle Yeoh,Bowen Yang, andJeff Goldblum, soars into theaters Nov. 22.