Yang, who’s worked on “Saturday Night Live” since 2018, says he was “really hesitant” to see the film. In “Wicked,” Yang plays Pfannee (pronounced “fanny”), a student at Shiz University and one of Glinda’s (Ariana Grande) friends — or, as Yang puts it, Glinda’s “publicists.”

Bowen Yang watched the final cut of Wicked with some of his Saturday Night Live costars — and the movie left them all a blubbering mess. The comedian, who plays Pfannee in the new big-screen musical,

Yang tells PEOPLE that he first watched the final cut of the film alongside his SNL castmates during a special screening earlier this year,

Bowen Yang and his SNL castmates watched the musical together, leaving them in tears as their emotions ran high. The 34-year-old actor and comedian, who plays Pfanee in the musical, disclosed

It was inspired by a very special new Christmas song. Bowen Yang has been a Saturday Night Live cast member for five years now, which means he's seen a lot of celebrity guest hosts come and go. But there's still one that eludes him,