She added: They said: But he is a dancer. And I said, ‘I know he’s a dancer, I know the whole story. I’ve heard up about dancing.
Other actors were considered for the central role of Johnny, including Val Kilmer, who turned him down. However, the producers eventually knew they needed a leading man who could convincingly play a professional dancer.
Gray also accepted that she needed an actor who could direct all the crucial dance scenes and help her with it: “And they said, ‘He might be really good at the partnership. And I said, Well, well.
Ironically, they later discovered that Swayze’s formative ballet training meant that he initially struggled to “dirty dance” and relax in his formal lines and stance.
Watch Jennifer Gray on the next scene (Dirty Dancing from 5.30)
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