Jonathan Bailey shares ‘Wicked’ behind-the-scenes photos and videos

Jonathan Bailey looks back on his unforgettable time Evil.

The actor who plays Fiyero in the recently released movie musical shared a carousel pictures and videos behind the scenes from the long-awaited film’s production on the occasion of it finally hitting theaters over the past weekend.

Bailey, 36, kicked off her post with a cast photo that also included co-stars Cynthia Erivo (Elphaba), Ariana Grande (Glinda), Ethan Slater (Boq) and Marissa Bode (Nessarose), plus director Jon M. Chu.

Subsequent slides showed the actor working out, pouting a bit on set, doing an impressive front walkover — and a hilarious shot of Grande’s dress getting caught in the groin of his pants!

“Giggles and beams,” Grande, 31, wrote in a comment. “I love you with all my heart.”

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Jonathan Bailey on the set of Evil (2024).

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Based on the 2003 Broadway musical of the same name, Evil has conjured up some magic at the box office after the first part officially hit theaters on Friday, and has already brought back more than half of the two-part film’s reported a budget of $300 million and then some.

The film also stars Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard, Bowen Yang as Pfannee, Bronwyn James as ShenShen, Keala Settle as Miss Coddle, Peter Dinklage as the voice of Dr. Dillamond and Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible.

Bailey plays Winkie prince Fiyero Tigelaar, and his big musical number, “Dancing Through Life,” makes up one of the film’s most dance-heavy sequences.

Like PEOPLE’s special number about all things Evil explains, the British actor practiced Fiyero’s dances in between filming both of his hit series Bridgerton in London and the historical romance Fellow travelers in Canada.

“I have videos on my phone of me practicing long-haul flights” between continents, he said.

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Grande told PEOPLE that “our associate choreographers would be visiting” Bailey and marveled at everything her co-star packed into his schedule.

Choreographer Christopher Scott and the associate choreographers would “teach him in his dressing room and so on and so forth,” the two-time Grammy winner recalled.

Pointing to her friend and colleague, Grande added in her chat with PEOPLE: “I just feel so grateful to be present and in my body during all of this very special work and to celebrate it with the most brilliant, incredible artists around me. ”

Evil will be released in two parts, with the first in theaters now.