Patrick Swayze – Jennifer Grey’s ticklish chemistry created history! The real drama behind the curtain of Dirty Dancing.
When Laughter Turns into Trouble
it’s 4 am, dance rehearsals are on in a cold tin building.
Patrick Swayze just wants to get back to his warm hotel bed, but Jennifer Grey’s laughter turns things around!
Kenny Ortega, the film’s choreographer, explains how a little ticklishness created a storm on the set.
That underarm move!
Remember the scene where Johnny is teaching Baby to dance?
Every time Swayze’s hand passed Jennifer’s armpit, she couldn’t stop laughing.
Kenny says, “Patrick’s face was worth watching – exhaustion, anger and trouble all at the same time!”
No script, just reality
The funny thing is that this ‘laughing’ scene was not planned by anyone.
Jennifer’s ticklishness was for real! Later, Grey herself admitted that this was her favorite moment – “When someone tells you to stop laughing, you laugh even more. That reality pulled me in.”
There was already a bitterness
This was not the first time the two stars were working together.
The two were paired in the 1984 film ‘Red Dawn’ as well, but the chemistry was completely missing!
Jennifer had said, “I thought Johnny would be an interesting New York guy, but instead he turned out to be this domineering Texan!”
Hit despite the troubles!
Despite all these tensions, or perhaps because of them, ‘Dirty Dancing‘ was a box office hit.
Both Patrick and Jennifer found stardom, and Kenny Ortega’s career also reached new heights – he made hits like ‘Newsies’, ‘Hocus Pocus’, ‘High School Musical’.
New beginning
After almost 40 years, Jennifer Grey is returning in a sequel.
Her purpose is to pay tribute to Patrick Swayze, who died in 2009.
Summary:
Jennifer’s genuine laughter in the famous underarm scene of ‘Dirty Dancing’ irritated Patrick, but this tension became the magic of the film. Now Jennifer will pay tribute to Swayze in the sequel.