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Olivia Newton-John a failli refuser Grease, affirme le directeur de casting

Le directeur de casting du film a révélé pourquoi Olivia Newton-John « ne voulait pas » jouer le rôle emblématique qui a fait d’elle un nom familier.

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Olivia Newton-John almost turned down Grease, casting director claims

The movie’s casting director has revealed why Olivia Newton-John “didn’t want” to play the iconic part that made her a household name.

Olivia Newton-John won countless hearts as Sandy in the blockbuster film Grease – but it almost didn’t happen.

“John [Travolta] was set before anybody else was even attached to the movie,” casting director Joel Thurm told Fox News Digital about the 1978 musical.

“Paramount figured that they could do Grease if John was in it. That was a given.”

“John really wanted Olivia for the role of Sandy,” Thurm shared. “We talked about it and I said, ‘It’s a great idea.’ But my problem was to make Olivia work. Olivia did not want to do it initially. She didn’t leap at this opportunity.”

Thurm shared his account of bringing the beloved film to life in a new memoir titled Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director, where he dished on his time in Hollywood.

According to Thurm, the singer was “embarrassed” and “humiliated” over how she came across in a British science-fiction movie she made years before titled Toomorrow. The 1970 film told the bizarre tale of aliens that kidnapped the pop group Toomorrow, whose “vibrations” from their instruments are needed for survival. “She met John and she liked him,” Thurm explained. “She also liked the role of Sandy, but she was really cautious. She said, ‘I was embarrassed by the last movie that I did, and I don’t want that to happen again.’ By this time she’s a huge worldwide star and busy on tour. But we all thought she was perfect, that she was Sandy. So, she said, ‘All right, well, in that case, I’d like a screen test.’ That is the first and only time I’ve ever heard of an actor or actress asking for a screen test.”

Olivia Newton-John almost turned down Grease, casting director claims | Herald Sun

 

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SAM se hisse à la 60ème place du classement CASHBOX SINGLES mais fait mieux chez BILLBOARD .. ou il grimpe à la 40ème du HOT100 et fait pire chez RECORD WORLD à la 85ème position ( mais en 2 semaines seulement ! ) 

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