Even though the rock-and-roll legend didn't appear in the film, he was referenced in a lyric from the song "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee. During the film's sleepover scene, Rizzo sings the song and does a little pelvis shake next to a picture of the musician during the line, "Elvis, Elvis, let me be.
Keep that pelvis far from me. We did this number, and everybody kind of looked at each other like, 'Yeah, this is creepy.
Even if The Beach Boys didn't sing "Greased Lightnin'," in the stage musical, it was originally meant to be Kenickie's song. And because I had clout, I could get the number.
That same clout also came in handy when Travolta asked if his sister, Ellen , could have a small part in the film. She's an actress in her own right , but it was her brother who put in the good word for her with the "Grease" production team. Ellen told The Spokesman-Review in that she was visiting the set one day when her brother asked if she wanted to be in the movie.
I get residuals every 13 weeks for 40 years. And I only worked two days, maybe one day, with Joan Blondell and that group, and I had a lot of fun. Ellen played one of the waitresses watching the high-school dance contest on TV. Her big line was, "Oh, there's Danny and Sandy. Like many movies that are adapted from Broadway musicals, "Grease" added original songs to its soundtrack — perhaps in the hopes of an award nomination. Sandy's big solo, "Hopelessly Devoted to You" wasn't in the original Broadway musical.
John Farrar, Newton-John's music producer, wrote it specifically for the movie, and it did, in fact, earn the production an Oscar nomination for best original song. Afterwards, he got sick and threw up in the middle of the carnival lot. Annette Charles Cha Cha , who had been in the hospital undergoing tests for pain, checked herself out to film the drag race scene. That night, she was rushed into surgery for an ectopic pregnancy. The producers had hoped for a product placement deal with Coke , but it fell through.
There are several shots of Coca-Cola products and signs in the scenes taking place in the Frosty Palace that have been blurred out or digitally removed.
After the success of the movie, Paramount had plans for a Grease franchise, featuring three more movies and a TV series. But when Grease 2 flopped in , these plans were put on hold. The actors behaved almost like real high-school students on set. They had to bring us all in and give us a lecture. Ward told Yahoo Entertainment that the experience was "a major bonding moment for the T-Birds! Olivia Newton-John and female cast members singing "Summer Nights".
Though Channing got to play Rizzo, she almost didn't get the chance to deliver the powerful song "There Are Worse Things I Could Do," in which Rizzo takes ownership of her sexuality and personal choices. Channing told Vanity Fair that producer Carr considered the song "a downer. Also, the romantic lament "Hopelessly Devoted to You," sung by Newton-John, wasn't included until after filming had finished.
According to Yahoo Entertainment , the choreography was done on the spot. The cast members playing the T-Birds and Pink Ladies ended up lip-synching their lines.
Pearl, who played Doody of the T-Birds, later explained to Yahoo Entertainment , "It was a song we had never heard before. Many of the stage show's songs were cut from the movie. Onstage, the character of Kenickie is the one singing about his car, but in the movie, Travolta's Zuko handles the tune.
And because I had clout, I could get the number. There was plenty of emotional upheaval going on during the making of Grease. Conaway resented Travolta for taking the song "Greased Lightnin'" away from him. Travolta was still coping with the death of his girlfriend , actress Diana Hyland, in March , and often called Grease 's director seeking support. Conaway ended up falling for Newton-John's older sister when they met at a party. For Newton-John, pulling off her character's last-minute transformation from good girl to T-Bird temptress "was an opening up for me.
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