Ariana Grande reveals the name of her biopic, says a 'tiny mouse' should play her

Ariana Grande talks about her biopic

• Ariana Grande jokes about a biopic, prefers mice reenacting her life with subtitles
• She reflects on her career shift after starring as Glinda in Wicked
• Wicked: For Good grossed $524M but missed major award nominations

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Ariana Grande may be one of the most famous faces in the world, but when talk turns to a biopic about her life, she is in no rush to roll the cameras.

Despite a journey that has taken her from Nickelodeon sitcoms to chart-topping global superstardom, and now onto the big screen in major musical productions — Ariana Grande insists she is not quite ready to see her life story turned into a glossy Hollywood drama.

In a light-hearted Instagram video shared by Backstage on 9 February, Ariana Grande brushed off the idea with her trademark humour. Rather than embracing the concept of a sweeping, emotional retelling of her rise to fame, she joked that any such film should be titled “Scrap This and Don’t Watch It”.

Instead of picturing an actress stepping into her signature ponytail, Ariana Grande offered a far more whimsical vision. “A tiny mouse with subtitles the whole time,” she said, laughing. “I would like that, actually.” She elaborated further, imagining “a tiny, beautiful short film with mice reenacting my whole life with little, tiny subtitles at the bottom. That’s the only version of it that I’m interested in.”

Yet beneath the jokes lies someone who has clearly spent time reflecting on her path. After recently wrapping up her role as Glinda in Wicked, Ariana Grande has spoken candidly about what it meant to return to acting after years of focusing almost entirely on music.

“Before Wicked, I hadn’t acted in a decade-ish,” Ariana Grande admitted, acknowledging how much her career had evolved.

Her pop career, which propelled her to international fame, reshaped not only her life but also how audiences perceived her. “My pop music career, which I am so endlessly grateful for, had taken on a life of its own, a life that I don’t know I could have predicted or planned for,” she explained.

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While Wicked: For Good grossed an impressive $524 million worldwide, it surprisingly failed to secure a single nomination at a major awards ceremony — particularly striking given that the first instalment of the Broadway adaptation earned 10 nominations the previous year and won two awards.

Later that year, both Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo received nominations for their performances in Wicked. Cynthia Erivo ultimately lost the Best Actress award to Mikey Madison for Anora, while Zoe Saldaña claimed Best Supporting Actress for Emilia Pérez.