When the highly-anticipated sequel to Wicked hits movie theatres nationwide on November 21st, a very familiar face to General Hospital viewers will be playing a pivotal role!
Scarlett Spears, who plays Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Carly’s (Laura Wright) daughter Donna, was cast as the Young Glinda in the sequel Wicked: For Good playing the childhood version of Galinda (AKA Glinda the Good)played by Oscar nominee and Grammy Award-winning music superstar, Ariana Grande!
In fact, with the trailer dropping this week for Wicked: For Good which also brings back Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey, GH fans can see a clips featuring Spears in the movie musical. During the trailer, Spears as Young Glinda says, “I want to be magical … for real!”
Meanwhile, Ariana Grande, took a moment to heap praise on her younger self in the movie, and said this to Scarlett via an Instagram post, “My tiny girl in the bubble, played by the wonderful and talented Scarlett Spears, thank you for your beautiful work and for allowing the world to understand our Galinda more deeply than ever before. I adore you so.”Spears who is now 8, began working at General Hospital when she was just 4-years-old. Several of her GH co-stars were over the moon when they realized the Spears+Grande+Wicked connection, sharing, “Gaah! Congrats Scarlett!,” from Daytime Emmy nominee, Jacqueline Grace Lopez (ex-Blaze), while her on-screen brother, Rory Gibson (Michael) posted several applause emojis in the comment thread on the post.