![]() ![]() I knew what was funny, and I knew what wasn't funny. "I knew what worked, and I knew what didn't work. "I knew that character like the back of my hand," he said. However it came about, winning the role of Danny was "a dream come true" for Travolta, and he had done all the prep work well before turning up on the set of the film. John Travolta said yes, and he went home and bought a plane," he told Newsweek in 2021.) (Winkler later confessed that he regretted that choice: "I went home and had an orange juice. ![]() At the time, Travolta had a three-movie deal with Grease producer, Robert Stigwood - who had also cast him in Saturday Night Fever - and when Winkler bailed, he was eagerly waiting in the wings. The Happy Days star was Paramount's top choice for Zuko, but he passed on the role out of fear of being typecast. with Henry "The Fonz" Winkler leading the T-Birds. "I really had the thought, 'One day when they do the movie, maybe I'll get to play Danny.'"įlash-forward to 1976 and Grease was ready to go before the cameras. In our 2019 interview, the actor recalled being a close study of the actor playing Danny on the tour, describing it as the "role I really wanted." And he admitted to having the premonition - or, at least, the hope - that he might the one singing "Greased Lightning" on the big screen in the inevitable Grease movie. Fresh from dropping out of high school ( sorry Frankie Avalon), Travolta nabbed a supporting role in the show's touring production as Doody - one of Rydell High's resident leather-jacket wearing greasers that followed Danny's every command.įrom the beginning of his Grease experience, though, Travolta had his eyes on being a leader, not a follower. The Rocky Horror Picture Show star originated the part of T-Birds leader, Danny Zuko, in the inaugural 1972 Broadway production of Grease alongside Carole Demas as Sandy. In an alternate timeline, that particular record could be held by Newton-John and Barry Bostwick instead of Newton-John and Travolta. Watch our full Role Recall with John Travolta on YouTube "I think I have the permanent record of that being the ultimate duet!" "Nothing will ever beat it, because record sales aren't the same as they were years ago," Travolta told Yahoo Entertainment during a 2019 Role Recall. The soundtrack also topped the charts, with "You're the One That I Want" - the climactic duet featuring Travolta and Olivia Newton-John - becoming the best-selling duet of all time. Released on June 16, 1978, the Randal Kleiser-directed movie musical became that year's biggest blockbuster, topping such hits as Animal House and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. and fulfilled a personal dream he'd had since getting into the business. But 45 years ago, the film version of the Broadway smash, Grease, elevated Travolta to a whole other realm of stardom. In the late ’70s, the New Jersey-born actor was on a roll, with breakout performances in the hit sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter, Brian De Palma's horror classic, Carrie, and, of course, the defining disco-era drama, Saturday Night Fever. ![]() You might say that Danny Zuko was the one that John Travolta wanted - oooh oooh oooh. ![]()
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