"In a new behind-the-scenes featurette focused on Jonathan Bailey's Fiyero, the actor excitedly lays out his production schedule. "Today's really relaxed. I'm just gonna go on a little broomstick ride with dearest Cynthia [Erivo]," he tells the camera. "Should be great." The clip cuts to the pair on a broomstick together in costume, seemingly preparing to film. "It's an Uber!" Bailey jokes. But alas, there's no such scene in the film."
"The relief and exhilaration and romantic tension they would have been feeling on the way to Elphaba's "As Long as You're Mine" hideaway?! Swoon. But there might be a compelling reason why such a ride didn't make the final cut of Wicked: For Good. As one fan pointed out on Reddit, it could have clashed with the scene that precedes "No Good Deed," in which Fiyero urges Elphaba to fly away to protect herself from the Wizard's soldiers."
"And fans are - as Elphaba might put it - stealing to the land of what might have been, wondering what that dreamy ride would have looked like. As one fan cleverly wondered on X (formerly Twitter): "So you're telling me we were robbed of a Fiyeraba version of the ' Right Where You Want Me ' scene from Return to Halloweentown? We need the Wicked For Good extended cut." "Gutted they cut that," wrote one viewer. Another pleaded: "RELEASE THE FIYERABA BROOM RIDE.""
A behind-the-scenes featurette shows Jonathan Bailey saying he planned a relaxed broomstick ride with Cynthia Erivo, followed by footage of the two in costume on a broom. The film contains no corresponding scene, and viewers reacted online with disappointment and calls to release the footage. Fans speculated the ride would occur between the pair's escape and Glinda's near-wedding, imagining romantic tension en route to Elphaba's hideaway. Some viewers suggested a practical reason for omitting the scene: flying together would conflict with the preceding escape sequence in which Fiyero urges Elphaba to flee alone to avoid soldiers.
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