Random Trivia For This Title: - Rizzo's hickeys were real. Stockard ChanningStockard Channing said in an interview that Jeff ConawayJeff Conaway insisted on applying them himself.
- Randal KleiserRandal Kleiser hated the opening title song, {Grease} (he thought that the cynical lyrics and disco beat were inappropriate for a film set in the 1950s).
- Choreographer [?] Patricia Birch worked with Sha-Na-NaSha-Na-Na to ensure that the tempo of the dance contest would be correct. She appears, uncredited, as one of the dancers during the contest.
- For a time, it was the third highest-grossing movie of all time behind only Jaws and Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.
- Carrie FisherCarrie Fisher was considered for the role of Rizzo.
- Jeff ConawayJeff Conaway (6' 1.5" (1.87 m)) had to walk slightly stooped so that John TravoltaJohn Travolta (6' 2" (1.88 m)) would appear taller.
- Set in high school, most of the principal cast were way past their teenage years. When filming began in June 1977, John TravoltaJohn Travolta was 23, Olivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-John was 28, Stockard ChanningStockard Channing was 33, Jeff ConawayJeff Conaway was 26, Barry PearlBarry Pearl was 27, Michael TucciMichael Tucci was 31, Kelly WardKelly Ward was 20, Didi ConnDidi Conn was 25; Jamie DonnellyJamie Donnelly was 30, and [?] Annette Charles was 29. Only Dinah ManoffDinah Manoff, Lorenzo LamasLorenzo Lamas, and Eddie DeezenEddie Deezen, all 19, were still teenagers.
- Due to a zipper breaking, Olivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-John had to be sewn into the trousers she wears in the last sequence (the carnival at Rydell).
- [?] Susan Dey and Deborah RaffinDeborah Raffin were the first choices for the role of Sandy (Dey declined the role after her manager advised against it). [?] Marie Osmond later claimed on [Larry KingLarry King Live] that she had been also been offered the role but declined "on moral grounds" though she later admitted this to be untrue.
- Henry WinklerHenry Winkler, who became a sensation as "Fonzie" on [Happy Days], was considered for the role of Danny Zuko. However, he turned down the role for fear of being typecast.
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