Grease 2 - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Grease 2 or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Grease 2

[richard]

Christopher McDonald originally auditioned for the part of Johnny before being cast as Goose.

[phyllis]

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John met with the studio to discuss reprising their roles, but weren't pursued further after the initial conference.

[marc]

The film had 500 cast members.

[jamie]

Director Patricia Birch said the script wasn't complete by the time filming began, so she had to try her best to work with what she had.

[toni]

The film takes place in 1961.

[sophie]

This was Eve Arden's final film before her death on November 12, 1990 at age 82.

[harry]

When Michael tries to get a T-Birds locker and they open it, the license plate (DXJ 432) of Kenickie's Greased Lightning car is hanging in the locker. There's also a pack of cigarettes and a wrench from auto shop class.

[tammy]

Grease 2 barely passed its $11 million dollar budget by $4 million and, considered a box office failure. However, it became a cult classic after belating likings of the film.

[lena]

This was Maureen Teefy's second musical almost in a row. She had just played Doris in Fame (1980).

[kristen]

Several scenes were cut from the film, including: Frenchy trying to help Michael become a "cool rider", Michael talking to Stephanie and comforting her after the talent show, Goose accidentally slamming a door into Rhonda's nose, Davey helping Dolores stuff her bra at the luau so that she can be dating material for him, and a sequence at the very end where Michael and Stephanie fly off into the sunset on a motorcycle, similar to the ending of "Grease", where Danny and Sandy fly off into the sunset in a car. It remains unknown if the footage will ever be released.

[christina]

Halfway through filming, Pamela Adlon was in a car accident on her way to the set. Most of her scenes were already filmed, but stand-ins were used some scenes, such as the talent show sequence.

[jeffrey]

The Lone Rider/Stephanie romantic motorcycle ride was filmed at Griffith Park, CA.

[lena]

Lorna Luft "Paulette" and Christopher McDonald "Goose" would later co-star again in 1984 "Where the Boys Are".

[jessie]

"Do It For Our Country" is a duet between Sharon and Louis. Maureen Teefy couldn't make it to the recording session, so Peter Frechette had to sing the whole song himself, which is why Maureen's vocals aren't on the movie's soundtrack. Her voice was dubbed in later in the song

[eli]

The scene in which Stephanie fixes Michael's collar, up until the chorus of "We'll Be Together", is a continuous shot with no edits, lasting 1:56 seconds.

[scarlett]

Jean Sagal and Liz Sagal were each hired at different auditions. It wasn't until they arrived on the set that the director realized they had hired identical twins and the sorority girl roles were created for them.

[lena]

Characters and actors who reprised their roles from Grease (1978) included Didi Conn as Frenchy, Eve Arden as Principal McGee, Dody Goodman as Blanche Hodel, the principal's assistant, Sid Caesar as Coach Calhoun, and Eddie Deezen as Eugene Felnic. Dick Patterson, who played Mr. Rudie in the original, plays Mr Spears. Dennis Stewart, who played Scorpions member Leo in the original, plays Balmudo.

[willard]

The pink cabinet outside of the Burger Diner, that Johnny and Goose knee and punch, was made specifically for the film and was not a part of Cadillac Jack's, the diner where the scene was filmed.

[aaron]

Reportedly, Maxwell Caulfield won the lead male role over Shaun Cassidy, Greg Evigan, Andy Gibb, and Rick Springfield.