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Michelle Pfeiffer revealed how she landed her first major role in “Grease 2,” and it was an inauspicious start to an illustrious Hollywood career.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the 68-year-old actor discussed his breakthrough role, and why he said he felt “humiliated” after the first audition for the part. He explained that when he went into the audition, he “didn’t expect to get the part at all,” but was sent by his agents “just for information.”
“It was a cattle rustler — there were actors and dancers and singers everywhere, going in and out of auditions, and the walls are very thin,” he said. “All the other actors waiting to come in could hear your reading, they could hear your singing. I wasn’t a singer. I was taking voice lessons to really improve my stage voice at the recommendation of my acting coach. And I wasn’t really a dancer.”
Pfeiffer admitted that she felt disappointed following her audition for “Grease 2.” (Steve Granitz/FilmMagic)
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After the singing part of the audition was over, Pfeiffer got to the dance part, which he described as “what you see in the movies,” where people line up behind each other, each line taking turns doing the front line.
Pfeiffer lacked confidence in her dancing skills, and “kept going backwards,” eventually ending up on the last line, adding that she “stumbled in my way because I didn’t remember the choreography.”
“I left my tail between my legs, I feel humiliated,” Pfeiffer said. “And a human assistant, I think it was [director] Pat Birch’s assistant, followed me across the Paramount studio lot. I said something really disappointed, and he said, ‘You shouldn’t because you want to come back tomorrow.’
Eventually, Pfeiffer landed the lead role of Stephanie Zinone, the head of the Pink Ladies, in the 1982 film. Unlike the first film, where a good girl falls for a bad boy, the sequel turns the idea upside down, with Pfeiffer playing a bad girl who falls for a good boy.
Despite feeling insecure about her audition, Pfeiffer got the role of Stephanie in the movie. (Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)
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Although Pfeiffer felt insecure about her singing abilities, many fans of the film still look back fondly on her performance of the song “Cool Rider” in the movie.
He later found major success opposite Al Pacino in “Scarface,” and later won three consecutive Academy Awards for his roles in “Married to the Mob,” “Dangerous Liaisons” and “The Fabulous Baker Boys.”
Most recently, the actress starred in both “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” and Taylor Sheridan’s “The Madison.”
“[Taylor] he wanted to know who Stacy was before he started writing. I wanted to know who Stacy was before I committed. So we went back and forth like that for a while, and it was clear to me that I wasn’t going to win this fight,” Pfeiffer told The Hollywood Reporter in March. “So I asked Helen Mirren. [who previously starred in Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” spin-off “1923”] to talk to me about his experience.”
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Most recently, Pfeiffer starred in both “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” and “The Madison.” (Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for The Fragrance Foundation)
“And he just got fired up; he couldn’t say enough good things,” Pfeiffer recalled. “He said the script was great, the production was perfect. He was having the time of his life; he loved Montana. So I took a big leap of faith, and I committed. I thought, ‘Well, this guy has a darn good record.’
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