Grease star Olivia Newton-John on ‘sexual rigidity’ with Travolta
Olivia Newton-John stars as Sandy within the 1978 movie Grease
Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson stay one of many nice film musical romantic pairings and you’ll watch them in motion on Film4.
From harmless pet love on a seashore all the way in which to leather-clad raunch by the tip, their chemistry did not simply give us chills, it was electrifying. And, it appears, the 2 stars themselves additionally felt the identical means.
Travolta and Newton-John have each spoken out about how they weren’t simply scorching for one another on display screen however in actual life, too.
She additionally stated in her autobiography Don’t Stop Believin’: “Yes, we really liked each other and there was an attraction.”
The long-lost deleted finish scene kiss after which a passionate smooch on the movie premiere’s after-party fuelled the rumours much more.
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Olivia Newton-John and co-star John Travolta kiss after the premiere of Grease 1978. (Image: GETTY)
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta attend the premiere of the movie Grease (Image: GETTY)
Travolta was a driving drive behind his co-star being forged, saying on the time: “There is only one person that should play this role and it’s Olivia Newton-John… She’s every guy’s dream.”
Newton-John, who died in August final 12 months, remembered him persuading her to take the half regardless of her misgivings about her age and former film missteps: “I went outside to be greeted by those piercing blue eyes and the warmest smile on the planet. In person, John Travolta radiates pure joy and love. That day, he greeted me with a big hug like we were already lifelong friends. How could you say no to John Travolta?”
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Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in 2018 (Image: GETTY)
In 2019, Travolta was requested straight whether or not there was sexual rigidity between the 2 of them and, in addition to confirming it, stated you possibly can see it come to a head throughout one iconic quantity. WATCH THE Q&A BELOW – THE SEXUAL TENSION QUESTION COMES AT 8.10.
He stated: “I think you saw that in You’re the One That I Want. There’s almost resolve of that tension right there.”
The music reveals Sandy in her new incarnation as a assured, attractive man-eater after a make-over from the Pink Ladies. When she purred, “Tell me about it, stud”, Danny, and many of the viewers, understandably went wild for the scorching new look.
But what actually occurred behind the scenes? What about that kiss photographed on the Paramount Studios after-party? And the one on digicam revealed in 2018?
What followers did not know on the time was there had already been a quite passionate kiss on digicam. Director Randall Kleiser had filmed a barely totally different model of the ending which he had not been in a position to make use of however lastly revealed in 2018. In this one, as they fly away, Sandy and Danny smooch.
Co-star Did Conn, who performed Frenchie, revealed that the kiss was very actual and never scripted: “You see for a moment she’s surprised and then she responds. It’s juicy and it’s great. They weren’t acting in that moment, it was like he had his chance and he was going to take it. It was real, it really was.”
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Cute kisses on display screen and at events apart, each stars have at all times denied something went past the mutual attraction and it developed into the deep friendship that they keep to today. Newton-John opened up in 2018 and defined why she was blissful that they by no means acted on their ardour: “We were both with other people when we were filming and I think, respectfully, it just didn’t happen.”
She was nonetheless along with her supervisor boyfriend, Lee Kramer, in a tumultuous relationship that might fizzle out by 1979. Travolta was with actress Diana Hyland, who was battling breast most cancers and would die in March 1977.
Newton-John added: “I think it was good because I think it kept the tension there and the chemistry. It might have been a real disaster had we decided to date or we had a falling out or something. So I think it was just as well that it didn’t happen. But we’re still great friends.
“The reality is, it by no means went past friendship with John although the followers needed for us to turn out to be a pair in actual life. We left the making out to Sandy and Danny, however the deep feeling of sisterly love I’ve for John continues to today.”
Newton-John clarified in her autobiography Don’t Stop Believin’: “We would by no means date as a result of we have been each concerned with different folks on the time, and each of us have a loyalty streak that runs deep.”