Random Horror Stories From Behind Scenes Of Greas (12 items)

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  (#9) John Travolta Was Mad He Didn't Get His Close Up During The Drive-In Scene

  After Saturday Night Fever, Grease made John Travolta legendary. The two back-to-back hits helped him sustain a life-long career, but that doesn't mean it was enough to quell his rising ego. Apparently, the young actor was pretty miffed that he didn't get his close-up at the end of the drive-in scene.

  According to Randal Kleiser, Travolta was asked to sit on a swing for a wider shot while the hot dog animation played on the screen behind him. He wasn't having it at all.

  "John says, 'Well, aren't we gonna do a close-up?' And I said, 'No, no, that was great.' He was a little pissed off, because at the end of the number, he wanted to have a close-up. But because the bun worked so well ... I said no," Kleiser admitted to Bustle. Luckily for Travolta, there were plenty of other close ups to be had.
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  (#7) Those Blurred-Out Pictures In The Frosty Palace Almost Caused A Major Reshoot

  In the scene where Sandy is on a date with a jock at the Frosty Palace, you may notice a blurred picture behind her. This turned out to be a major oops that almost cost the production a good chunk of change.

  The picture behind Sandy is a Coca-Cola advertisement, but Pepsi had already made a product-placement deal with Grease producer Allan Carr. When Carr saw the Frosty Palace scene, he insisted that Randal Kleiser reshoot it with Pepsi products. This proved to be pretty costly and time-consuming, so they settled on blurring out the Coca-Cola trademarks instead and crossed their fingers that Pepsi didn't complain. Despite their efforts, they missed a red cooler which bore the competitor's logo.

  "We just had to hope that Pepsi wouldn't complain. They didn't," Kleiser said.
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  (#4) Rizzo's Hickeys From Kenickie Were The Real Deal

  Rizzo was at the cutting edge of '50s fashion. She set herself apart with blue jeans instead of frothy poodle skirts, but she was more than just sartorially risqué. Stockard Channing, the actress behind the character, admitted that all of the hickeys she complained about in the film were real. Apparently, Jeff Conway, the actor behind Kenickie, insisted on giving her the genuine love bites himself.

  Thanks to the real-life hickeys, Channing definitely got well-acquainted with some good concealer on set!
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  (#5) The Grease Cast Tormented Jack Nicholson And Warren Beatty

  Grease is a musical, so it's definitely not short on singing and dancing. This proved to be quite a problem for Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, whose offices were across from Stage 24 where the cast would frequently play dancing and singing games.

  "They were yelling at us to shut up, because they were trying to write, and we were making so much noise down here," Randal Kleiser, Grease's director, told Bustle.

  If you were forced to listen to "Greased Lightning" a hundred times a day while you were trying to work, you'd probably be a bit cranky, too.
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  (#3) Olivia Newton-John's Pants Were So Tight She Had To Be Sewn Into Them Every Day Before Filming

  Olivia Newton-John's skin-tight pants were arguably part of one of the most iconic outfits in the history of film. The extra tight, black leather pants and off-the-shoulder top are still given nods in pop culture today – in fact, they inspired a signature pant design at American Apparel.

  The actress even admitted that the "pants changed my life" – but no one said it was easy looking beautiful. Newton-John's black leather pants were so tight that she had to be sewn into them every day before filming - especially after a zipper malfunction. At the end of the day, she had to rip them off only to start the whole process again the following morning.
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  (#12) John Travolta Stole Jeff Conaway's Moment In "Greased Lightning"

  It was bad enough that Jeff Conaway fell during "Greased Lightning" which caused him lifelong back pain and a deadly painkiller addiction. That ill-fated moment might have never happened if John Travolta's ego didn't get in the way.

  "Greased Lightning" was supposed to be Conaway's moment. It was originally meant to be sung by Kenickie, but John Travolta convinced the producers to make it his song instead. The director gave Travolta the okay, but only if Conaway agreed. Of course, the actor was bitter and refused, but eventually he relented. His life was never the same.

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