Cynthia Erivo broke down in tears as she surprised students at her old London school.
The Wicked star, 38, used to be a pupil at La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School in Clapham Park.
And the actress became emotional as she watched a group of students perform the musical’s hit For Good, as part of a surprise organised by Radio 1’s Greg James.
“I went to this school and left over 20 years ago so to come back and listen to you singing that song is really wonderful,” Erivo said.
“Well done everyone, it's so nice to see you all and be back here.”
It wasn’t just Erivo crying, as the students became emotional too.
Recently, the actress said fans try to hold her finger when they meet her following a viral interview featuring her and co-star Ariana Grande.
It comes after an interview ahead of the release of the first Wicked film last year was shared widely on social media, showing the pair being emotional and holding each other’s fingers, with Grande, who plays Glinda, saying she was “trying to keep the space as warm as possible” for Erivo’s character Elphaba.
Speaking to British GQ ahead of the release of follow-up film Wicked: For Good later this month, Erivo addressed the interview.
She said: “It was such an innocent moment of confusion and human reaction.
“I received one thing, Ari received another, and Tracy (the reporter interviewing them) said something but probably meant to say something else, and then took back the thing that she was saying – it was all so confusing, so that all of us were, in the end, confused but moved.
“It was very strange.”
She then spoke about fans wanting to recreate the moment, to which she replied: “I hate it. I don’t want anyone holding my finger.”
Erivo also spoke about her father telling her he never wanted to see her again during her childhood, after an argument over a ticket, and added that she has not seen him since and does not have his phone number or address, knowing very little about his life.
She said: “I just didn’t see it coming. I guess you wouldn’t, would you?”
Asked whether she wanted to see him again and ask him why he left, Erivo replied: “I don’t think it serves me, it’s his why.
“It doesn’t change anything. It doesn’t mean that we’ll have a relationship.
“And I think I’ve found the closure I want, my own way. Whatever needed to happen after that moment happened.”
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