Random Horror Stories From Behind Scenes Of Greas (12 items)

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  (#6) Kleiser Had A 101-Degree Temperature While Filming The Frosty Palace Scene

  The Frosty Palace was Grease's iconic '50s-style diner, but filming Sandy's legendary date scene wasn't so easy. During filming, the director was running a temperature of 101 degrees and could barely function. The fever was a result of a massive foot infection. The day prior, the director got a cut after filming the drag race scene while he was barefoot. That's when things got really bad.

  "When I was shooting [at the Los Angeles river], it was very hot, so I was barefooted," he told Bustle. "I cut my foot, and I walked through this river, and the next day I had a fever. We were shooting the Frosty Palace scene, and I was completely out of it. I had a 101-degree temperature because of cutting my foot here."
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  (#8) It Was 116 Degrees During The High School Auditorium Dance Scene And Several Extras Got Really Sick

  The only thing hotter than Olivia Newton-John's black leather pants might have been the auditorium in Rydell High. It was upwards of 116 inside Huntington Park High School when the auditorium dance scene was filmed.

  According to Eddie Deezen, who played the minor role of Eugene, it was absolutely unbearable and the extras couldn't physically handle it.

  We filmed the big dance scene in a school auditorium (at Huntington Park High School) during a very hot summer," he wrote in a guest post on Neatorama. "The school was closed up, there was no air conditioning, and all the doors and windows had to stay closed because of light and sound control. It was reputedly 116 degrees in there while we filmed the dance scene over and over. Several extras had to be taken out because of heat-related illness.
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  (#5) The Grease Cast Tormented Jack Nicholson And Warren Beatty

  Grease is a musical, so it's definitely not short on singing and dancing. This proved to be quite a problem for Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, whose offices were across from Stage 24 where the cast would frequently play dancing and singing games.

  "They were yelling at us to shut up, because they were trying to write, and we were making so much noise down here," Randal Kleiser, Grease's director, told Bustle.

  If you were forced to listen to "Greased Lightning" a hundred times a day while you were trying to work, you'd probably be a bit cranky, too.
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  (#2) Annette Charles (Cha Cha) Went From Set To Surgery After An Ectopic Pregnancy Made Filming Unbearably Painful

  Annette Charles, the actress who played Cha Cha, was truly an artist who gave it her all. During the filming of Grease she suffered through a painful ectopic pregnancy but pushed off getting medical attention to see the scene through. Though Charles's doctor cleared her for filming the drag race scene between Danny and Craterface, Charles can still be seen throughout the film leaning against cars in pain.

  As soon as the scene wrapped, she went directly to the hospital for surgery.
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  (#3) Olivia Newton-John's Pants Were So Tight She Had To Be Sewn Into Them Every Day Before Filming

  Olivia Newton-John's skin-tight pants were arguably part of one of the most iconic outfits in the history of film. The extra tight, black leather pants and off-the-shoulder top are still given nods in pop culture today – in fact, they inspired a signature pant design at American Apparel.

  The actress even admitted that the "pants changed my life" – but no one said it was easy looking beautiful. Newton-John's black leather pants were so tight that she had to be sewn into them every day before filming - especially after a zipper malfunction. At the end of the day, she had to rip them off only to start the whole process again the following morning.
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  (#12) John Travolta Stole Jeff Conaway's Moment In "Greased Lightning"

  It was bad enough that Jeff Conaway fell during "Greased Lightning" which caused him lifelong back pain and a deadly painkiller addiction. That ill-fated moment might have never happened if John Travolta's ego didn't get in the way.

  "Greased Lightning" was supposed to be Conaway's moment. It was originally meant to be sung by Kenickie, but John Travolta convinced the producers to make it his song instead. The director gave Travolta the okay, but only if Conaway agreed. Of course, the actor was bitter and refused, but eventually he relented. His life was never the same.

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