Grease (W9) – Which famous TV actor turned down the cult role of John Travolta?

Grease (W9) – Which famous TV actor turned down the cult role of John Travolta?

This Tuesday night, W9 airs the cult musical Grease, paying tribute to the recently deceased Olivia Newton-John…

He went back to school at Rydell High. Let’s go back to Danny, the leader of the T. Birds clan, who had a perfect love affair with Sandy Olson over the summer. But that, instead of returning to her homeland of Australia, she managed to get a job at the cafeteria where she met the Pink Ladies during the female T. Birds. Sandy and Danny eventually see each other again, but Danny strikes with indifference, not wanting to tarnish his macho image in any way. Feeling rejected, Sandy finds some form of solace with Frenchy…

A cult musical with immortal hits that plays the nostalgia card and the good old days of rock’n’roll will be rewatched tonight on W9. It only takes one glance to realize that Travolta was inspired by the icons of the “gomina attitude”: Brando, of course, and the enormous Fonzie of the cult series. Happy Days. No wonder you know that Henry Winkler, nicknamed Fonzy, was originally a headliner! The latter, however, turned down the role, fearing being locked into the challenging roles of the fifties, and offered Travolta his star lines.

grease It airs on Tuesday, August 9 at 21:05 on W9.

Thierry-Claude

Source: Programme Television

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