

“I know a lot of people were on their Peloton’s when COVID began and everything. Though the actress has received praise for her performance, she admitted to Fallon that she didn’t originally want to take the role. The actress has since had a starring role in the first season of HBO’s The White Lotus where she portrays a woman who vacations at a luxury resort while still grieving the loss of her mother. Grande and Coolidge are also shown performing the film’s iconic “Bend and Snap” flirting method among the salon visitors. In Grande’s “Thank U, Next” music video, the singer paid homage to iconic teen films such as Mean Girls, Bring It On, Legally Blonde and 13 Going on 30.ĭuring one part of the video, Grande plays Reese Witherspoon’s Elle Woods and is shown having a discussion with Coolidge, who reprises her role as Paulette, in a hair salon sequence. She continued, “I did it anyway, and this response came back, and the next thing you know, I was going to her house, getting fit for a wardrobe fitting for ‘Thank U, Next.’ That was all because of Jimmy Fallon!”

She explained, “My friend who is like her age, Theresa, she was like, ‘You know, you should DM Ariana and just say I thought it was such a good imitation,’ and I was like, ‘No, she’s got like 260 million followers, those are robots! The robots answer the DMs, and we will never ever get to her.’ “ Michelle Yeoh on "Hearing Angels Sing" on Set of 'Wicked'Īfter watching Grande’s impression of her, Coolidge recalls her friend encouraging her to reach out to the singer.
