Olivia Newton-John stars as Sandy in the 1978 film Grease Despite a career packed with movie musicals, Elvis Presley actually said no to being in the biggest one of all time.
Elvis Presley was originally considered for the Teen Angel role. At the time, Elvis was in his 40s - and while he was still performing to thousands of people in Las Vegas, his health had been deteriorating. However, he turned down the offer from producers.
There was an opportunity to change his on-screen fortunes however, when a few years later he was offered the chance to star alongside Barbra Streisand in the musical drama A Star Is Born. As we know, the role eventually went to Kris Kristofferson, with Elvis declining the opportunity to revitalise his career in movies.
Trailer for the Musical classic hit Grease. In his final months, Elvis confided in his girlfriend Kathy Westmoreland that his greatest regret was never making a "classic film that would be remembered" – and yet he had just turned down Grease.
“Freddie was very fond of Elvis.” Mercury said he even styled his vocals on the song to sound like The King Of Rock'n'Roll. “My voice does sound a bit like Elvis Presley's on 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love',” explained the singer.
Shortly after Priscilla permanently relocated to Memphis, Elvis began filming Viva Las Vegas with actress Ann-Margret. The singer began having an affair with his co-star. Their behind-the-scenes relationship was no secret, and rumors began circulating that the pair was engaged, Priscilla wrote in her memoir.
“Marion Gooding, who was at that time the juvenile court justice in Jacksonville, summoned young Mr. Presley to his offices and told him there would be no hip-swiveling and no suggestive body movements,” current Florida Theatre president Numa Saisselin explained to News4Jax.
Tom Hanks has already been cast as Elvis' notoriously controlling manager, Colonel Tom Parker — and Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, Austin Butler and Harry Styles have all auditioned for the part of the legendary singer, Deadline reports.
While the Elvis movie isn't accurate in its entirety, it didn't stop the film from soaring the charts and receiving lots of awards recognition. One of the big things that Baz Luhrmann loves to do is get the look of his movies just right.
' Henry Winkler says fears of being typecast prompted him to turn down the lead role in 1978's "Grease." "I was dumb," Winkler told People magazine in this week's issue.
Henry Winkler Opens Up About Rejecting Grease: 'I Spent Most of My Adult Life Being Frightened' (Exclusive) Andrea Mandell is the Senior Editor of Entertainment Projects at PEOPLE Magazine. She joined the brand in 2022 and helps lead special projects, film coverage, festivals, awards and more.
In the 1970s, Elvis kept his hair loose and greasy, but also followed the fashion of the times and kept his hair long and his sideburns became legendary for their size and length also. In fact, there is a booming business in Elvis wigs thanks to The King's thick locks.
In the upcoming ITV show Priscilla Presley reveals details of her relationship not only with Elvis but also his music, “I'm really quite shy about sharing some of those moments I had with him.” One of Priscilla's favourite tracks is 'Love Me Tender' which Elvis performed on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956.
"Separate Ways" is a 1972 song by Elvis Presley written by Red West and Richard Mainegra. Elvis Presley recorded the song on March 27, 1972, and released it as a single with "Always On My Mind" as the B-side. It reached gold status in the US for sales of over half a million copies.
Some years later, that handsome young man who they called the King, well, he'd sung too many songs. Had himself a heart attack or something. Must be hard being a king.
Critics slammed his hip-shaking as vulgar and cautioned people against watching him. According to Elvis' friend, though, the dance moves were just Elvis' way of hiding his stage fright. If he wasn't dancing, the audience would be able to see the musician trembling with fear.
Forrest and his mother lived in a large house just outside of Greenbow. They made money by renting out rooms to travelers. One of their guests was a young Elvis Presley.
