Cynthia Erivo opens up about exhausting ‘Wicked’ expertise

Cynthia Erivo spoke out about sleep deprivation whereas filming for ‘Depraved.’

Cynthia Erivo opened up about sleep deprivation on set of the musical Depraved.

In the course of the screening of the musical and a Q&A in Los Angeles on December 12, the 37-year-old actress shared that she gave up on sleep whereas taking part in Elphaba. 

Erivo admitted she’s not sure and has her doubts about whether or not pushing herself so exhausting for work is taken into account “healthy,” revealing she used to sleep for lower than three hours an evening whereas filming for the hit movie. 

She talked about her intense routine, which included waking up early for a two hour lengthy exercise, then one other two hours spent within the make-up chair to arrange for her name time on the set. 

“I think I consciously run towards things that will use me physically, as well as mentally, because I believe that the body and the mind are intrinsically, truly intrinsically linked,” she said.

The Harriet star continued to elucidate that she sees the thoughts and physique as interconnected, with every able to influencing the opposite. She values stability of each in her life and work, and tries to maintain each in sync and engaged.