On August 21, 1987, the American premiere of “” took place. Although the first reviews for several months (the first screenings were organized in May in Cannes) were quite mixed, the audience immediately bought the romance of Frances “Baby” and Johnny – that is, Jennifer Gray and
. Years later, Jennifer Gray confessed that she did not have the opportunity to talk to Patrick about their collaboration afterwards. The actor died in 2009, and Gray would like to sincerely apologize to him.
Dirty Dancing. Jennifer Gray regrets not apologizing to Patrick Swayze
Their conflict began on an earlier production they worked on and continued on Dirty Dancing. “There was supposed to be chemistry between us, and that led to tension. In normal life, when people don’t have chemistry, they can break up and move on. But we didn’t have [na planie – przyp. red.] choice. It was our forcing ourselves to create a kind of synergy, friction,” Gray wrote in her autobiography.
Mutual prejudices after previously working together on the set of “Red Dawn” did not disappear. Patrick was supposed to act like a macho with a tendency to rule everything and everyone. At dance rehearsals as a professional dancer, he tried to teach Gray the right steps, but the actress couldn’t keep a straight face, which drove him crazy. . “We were completely different, like oil and water,” Gray said. But what happened behind the scenes of the production stayed behind the scenes – on the screens, the romance of the acting couple was so convincing that “Dirty Dancing” regularly appears in the lists of the best love films.
Years later, Jennifer Gray in her autobiography “Out of the corner” also touched on this topic. In an interview with People, she confessed that she regretted not having had the opportunity to talk to Patrick Swayze about their relationship on the set:
I think if I could say anything to him right now, I would say, I’m sorry I wasn’t able to appreciate you and enjoy who you were back then. Instead, I wanted you to be the way I wanted you to be,” she said.
Patrick Swayze died on September 14, 2009 after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Source: Gazeta
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