Jennifer Gray recalled a tearful apology made to her by her late co-star Patrick Swayze before filming his iconic 1987 movie Dirty Dancing.
The 62-year-old actress recalled that she did not want to participate in Dirty Dancing with Swayze due to her unfavorable experience working with him on Red Dawn in 1984.
Fortunately for movie fans worldwide, Swayze made amends with the star and had “tears in his eyes” as he apologized to her during a screen test, saying, “I love you and I’m so sorry.”
Remembering Patrick: Jennifer Gray recalled a tearful apology her late co-star Patrick Swayze made to her before filming his iconic 1987 movie Dirty Dancing.
Gray made an appearance on the view earlier this week to discuss his memoir, Out of the Corner, and his experiences working with the actor, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2009 at the age of 57.
She recalled that his joke-loving, ‘macho’ behavior on the set of Red Dawn made her never want to work with him again.
‘Patrick was playing pranks on me and everyone. He was like, macho, and he just couldn’t take it. I was like, “Please, this guy, enough with him,” she said.
So when she found out he was being considered for the role of Johnny Castle in the now classic film, she was hesitant to work with him again, despite his dance background.
Not a fan: The actress, 62, recalled that she didn’t want to be on Dirty Dancing with Swayze due to her unfavorable experience working with him on Red Dawn in 1984.
Prankster: ‘Patrick was playing pranks on me and everyone. He was macho, and he couldn’t take it,” he said of his behavior on the set of the movie, still from Red Dawn.
However, the Ghost star made an impassioned plea to him during a screen test: “He walked me down the aisle and said, ‘I love you, I love you, and I’m so sorry. And I know I don’t.’ movie”.
‘And her eyes filled with tears. And my eyes filled with tears, not for the same reason. I was like, “Oh, this guy is working for me,” she recalled. ‘And he says, “We could kill him, we could kill him if we did this.”
He soon realized that the chemistry they had in the screen test was the necessary ingredient for the film to be successful.
“We walked in there and he took me in his arms and I was like, ‘Oh boy. I’m done,'” Gray recalled.
Sweet: When he found out that she was hesitant to work with him on Dirty Dancing, Swayze tearfully apologized to Gray during a screen test, saying, “I love you and I’m so sorry.”
The New York native also praised Swayze for his natural charisma. ‘There was no competition. It was like the armchair I had been dreaming of all my life.
In the romantic drama, Gray plays Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman, a teenager whose life is turned upside down after she meets a sexy dance instructor, played by Swayze, in the summer of 1963.
She will soon reprise her role as Baby in a sequel to the film, 35 years after its release, as revealed at CinemaCon in Las Vegas last Thursday, though the extent of her role is currently unknown.
The film franchise previously released a prequel in 2004, titled Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.
No competition: Gray was quick to forgive him, praising his natural charisma in the classic film: ‘There was no competition. It was like the armchair I had been dreaming of all my life.
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