If the scene when the couple has fun dancing on the floor on the song ‘Love is Strange’ seemed so genuine it’s because it was! Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze where actually only warming up for the real scene they were about to shoot. Not convinced about her ability to play a character who’s 10 years younger than her, the producers gave the actress exactly 5 minutes to prove she could do it.Ĩ – The scene when Baby and Johnny goof around is real Jennifer Grey was 27 when she auditioned for the role of Baby, who was 17 in the script. Something that Swayze confirmed was working in the end in his autobiography, ‘ The Time Of My Life‘. But what could have been a total disaster actually became the most quoted line of the film. The actor could hardly bring himself to say “Nobody puts baby in a corner” during the shooting of the final scenes because he thought it sounded too corny. Not sure which one of them has the most regrets today…Ħ – Patrick Swayze hated that famous line Billy Zane also almost got the role but was turned down because he wasn’t a very good dancer. Val Kilmer was offered to role of Johnny but declined it in fear of being type cast. Here’s the official video clip:ĥ – Val Kilmer was offered the lead role first He also later co-wrote and performed 2 songs for the movie Road House and another one for the film Next of Kin. The song ‘She’s Like The Wind’ was co-written and sung by Patrick Swayze. Fortunately, this time the director, Emile Ardolino, thought the takes captured the essence of their relationship perfectly and kept them in the movie. In the ‘ Hungry Eyes‘ rehearsal sequence, the scenes when Johnny runs his arm down Baby’s are the perfect example of what happened on the set on a daily basis. Grey would often laugh and giggle when she felt nervous, while Swayze was an experienced dancer and had no patience for multiple takes. One of the reasons why Jennifer Grey didn’t feel comfortable around Patrick Swayze was that he was fearless, while she was “afraid of trying anything”, which led the duo to have a similar dynamic as Johnny and Baby’s. The result is pretty obvious, don’t you think?ģ – Some scenes in the movie are not acted at all To get an idea, they asked Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze to perform the dance that would actually become part of the love scene of the movie. And thank God he did!Ģ – Despite their feelings toward each other, the chemistry was realĪlthough Grey was convinced it won’t work between the 2 of them, the casting crew was sure the actors were perfect for the roles after they made them pass some screen tests together. While she had already been cast as Baby, Patrick Swayze had to talk her out of her fear of working with him again in order to get the role of Johnny. Both actors had already exchanged some lines for the movie Red Dawn (1984), an experience that Jennifer Grey really didn’t enjoy at all. And Grey’s dislike for Swayze almost prevented him from getting the leading role. It’s a known fact that there was some tensions between Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze during the filming of Dirty Dancing. Without further ado, here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about one of your favorite romantic movies… 1 – Patrick Swayze almost didn’t get the role of Johnny because of Jennifer Grey At the 1988 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Music, Original Song.Although it’s hard to believe, Dirty Dancing is turning 30 today! To celebrate, let’s go back in time and have a look behind the scenes to discover what made the movie a classic for generations, from Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze’s undeniable, amazing chemistry to the many challenges that made the 1987 film so unique. The music was composed by John Morris along with Erich Bulling and Jon Barns. Cinematography was done by Jeffrey Jur and editing by Peter C. Dirty Dancing was made on a budget of $6 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $217 million. Dirty Dancing was released on 21st August 1987 and takes a screen time of 100 minutes. Vestron Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the film. Dirty Dancing is written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino. Great American Films Limited Partnership was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Linda Gottlieb. Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American English-language Drama Musical motion picture featuring Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Jane Brucker and Jerry Rees. Physical enjoyable infectious extraneous entertaining Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances Baby Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
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