“But we were never going for a witchy look,” she added about the making of Erivo’s character. “We were making it very real, very timeless and very connected to everybody. We weren’t going for the prosthetic fantasy version at all. Jon [M. Chu] always wanted everything real.”

So, imagine my surprise when people like Dwayne Johnson and Cynthia Erivo have come out this week to champion people singing in the theater to their respective movie musicals. Like, honestly y’all, what the f–k?