Conventionality belongs to yesterday, but not when it comes to Grease’s casting.
Ooh, hoo, hoo, honey!
“He actually hired him, and then the studio said, ‘No, no, no.
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta as Sandy and Danny in ‘Grease’.Paramount Pictures/Fotos International/Getty Images
it’s possible for you to’t do that.’
And so they had to fire him.”
“Because it was his moment to move from porn to the real upscale world.”
Harry Reems was nearly cast as Coach Calhoun in ‘Grease.'.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Reems, who died in 2013, previously discussed losing the role in a 2005 interview withNew York Magazine.
“The writing was on the wall; there was no place for me in conventional entertainment.”
