Cynthia Erivo has addressed the criticism of her upcoming turn as the star role in the Hollywood Bowl’s “Jesus Christ Superstar,” which elicited conservative backlash when it was announced earlier this year.

During a recent Billboard interview, actress Cynthia Erivo laughed off criticism of her casting as Jesus Christ in "Jesus Christ Superstar."

Cynthia Erivo’s reaction to critics of her “Jesus Christ Superstar” casting is simply divine. Asked about the outcry over tapping a queer, Black woman to play the musical’s Messiah, she told Billboard,