Till her loss of life at age 73 in August 2022, the Xanadu star was left to surprise what may have been. As she recalled in her 2019 memoir, sparks flew instantly on set. “Once we walked contained in the room collectively, it was magic, and everybody noticed it,” Newton-John wrote. “Sure, we actually appreciated one another and there was an attraction.”
Whereas the twosome usually performed into rumors of a real-life romance – even sharing a steamy smooch on the official after-party following the premiere of Grease – they lengthy denied courting, insisting they have been every concerned with different folks throughout filming. Nevertheless, their costars, together with Didi Conn, have been left unconvinced.
The actress, who portrayed Frenchy within the hit flick, recollects John being very into Newton-John. As Conn tells it, the main man pulled his counterpart in for the “juiciest kiss” in a single reduce scene – and Newton-John wasn’t mad about it.
“You see for a second she’s shocked, after which she responds. It is juicy, and it is nice,” mentioned Conn, 74.
“They weren’t appearing in that second. It was like he had his likelihood and he was going to take it. It was actual – it actually was.” (Director Randal Kleiser toyed with the concept of getting the pair kiss another time – within the final scene of the film when their automobile goes airborne – however finally determined in opposition to it.)
Newton-John had at all times been Travolta’s dream lady. “In the event you have been a younger man within the ’70s, and I am positive a lot of you have been on the market, in case you keep in mind that album cowl of Olivia with that blue shirt on, with these huge blue eyes staring proper at you, each boy’s, each man’s dream was, ‘Oh, I might love for that lady to be my girlfriend,'” he gushed.