WICKED: FOR GOOD Star Cynthia Erivo for PAPER Magazine

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WICKED: FOR GOOD Star Cynthia Erivo Covers the Latest Issue of PAPER Magazine Photographed by David Lachapelle and Styled by Jason Bolden.

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What are you doing right now, to protect yourself from the chaos?
It’s tea. It’s a hot shower. It’s my run in the morning, it’s a sauna, if I can get one. It’s making sure I eat in the right way, and it’s hydrating. I’m not always very good at that. I like quiet, so it’s sound deprivation sometimes for me, just to sit, and watch absolute nonsense TV. I need my REAL HOUSEWIVES, I need all of those things just to be normal for a second.

Do you plan on focusing back on music after WICKED, or do you have to do all these things — act, sing, perform — to feel complete as an artist?
I do all of them because that’s what feels right. I will definitely be focusing on music, I released an album this year, and I have a Grammy nomination because of it, and I’m so proud of it and I want to do more of that, and make more music, because I feel like it’s a part of me. But I love making films. I love being able to play these characters and tell these stories, so I think as a whole, I’m just a creative who loves to do the work.

Obviously, a movie like this must be pretty transformative, with how massive it is and the fans and how important it is for people. Is there anything in that transformation that you’re also ready to let go of, when it comes to this next chapter of your career?
That is such a good question. Ready to let go of? I don’t know. I’ve never asked myself that question. I don’t know. I don’t know if there’s anything I want to let go of, particularly because the things that have come from it have been so special.

Photography by David Lachapelle
Styling by Jason Bolden
Makeup by Joanna Simkin
Nails by Shea Osei

[Photo Credit: David Lachapelle for Paper Magazine]

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