The two stars of Wicked For Good and the film's Bay Area-born director made a surprise appearance after a screening of the film Wednesday night in San Rafael, and did a Q&A with the audience.

Yes, if you were among the lucky group who booked tickets for a Wednesday evening showing of the second half of the Wicked saga, Wicked For Good, at the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, then you were treated to a surprise after the credits started to roll.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, who star as Elphaba and Glinda, took seats along with director Jon M. Chu in front of the screen and took questions from the audience.

Erivo talked, as she often does in interviews, about her deep connection to Grande, saying, "We have a deep respect for who we are as people first, before who we are as performers, and I think that allows us to make the space for us to be the best that we can be."

NBC Bay Area's Janelle Wang appears to have gotten the tipoff about the special appearance, and she did an interview with Chu — who is a Palo Alto native — that was set to air on the station Thursday during the 5 pm news broadcast (and maybe again on the later one).

The event was hosted by the California Film Institute and the Mill Valley Film Festival.

Erivo and Grande similarly appeared at a Los Angeles event that followed a screening of the film on Tuesday night — though at that event, they actually sang live. Co-star Jonathan Bailey also made a surprise appearance at a screening of the film in Sydney two weeks ago.