Tonight you will be able to take a trip back to the 1950’s. Back to a time of malt shops and bobby socks. Fox will be hosting a live event of Grease starring some of the most up and coming singers and dancers including Vanessa Hudgens and Julianne Hough. Grease: Live will be following in the footsteps of other live events that have taken place in TV land over the last several years including The Sound of Music and Peter Pan. The show will include songs from the 1971 musical that were not included in the 1978 film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Here are five fun facts about the new cast that also includes Keke Palmer and Aaron Tveit.
1. Julianne Hough was in a Harry Potter Film
We all know that Julianne Hough, who will be playing Sandy on Grease: Live, has starred in such films as Rock of Ages and Footloose. However, Hough’s first on-screen appearance was in the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone when she was 13. She played a student at Hogwarts, but sadly she was not credited for her appearance.
2. Aaron Tveit could have been Finn Hudson
Aaron Tveit, who will be playing Danny Zuko on Grease: Live, made his first television appearance on the CW Network series Gossip Girl. He appeared on the series ten times between 2009 and 2012 as Trip Van der Bilt. The same year he won that role was when he auditioned for the role of Finn Hudson on the FOX musical Glee. Had he won that part, we never would have been able to see Tveit in the critically acclaimed drama Graceland, which ended its three season run last year.
3. Vanessa Hudgens has Two Albums
Vanessa Hudgens, who will star as Rizzo on Grease:Live, rose to fame playing Gabriella on High School Musical. During that time, she able to release two albums. The first, entitled V, was released in 2006 that featured hits like “Come Back to Me” and “Say OK.” It peaked at #24 on the US Billboard 200 charts. Her followup album, called Identified, came out in 2008 and had one single called “Sneakernight.”
4. Keke Palmer was the 4th Most Paid Child on TV
Keke Palmer will be playing Marty in Grease: Live and has been in the film industry since 2004, when she was only 11 years old. Her career really began to take off in 2008 when she took on the role of True Jackson on the Nickelodeon series True Jackson, VP. She would earn $20,000 per episode, which made her the fourth most highest paid child star on television at the time.
5. Mario Lopez is also an Author
Mario Lopez will be playing Vince Fontaine on Grease: Live and has been a staple on television since before most of his co-stars were even born. Aside from starring on series like Saved by the Bell and Nip/Tuck, Lopez is also an author. He has written three non-fiction books. The first was a health and fitness book released in 2008. The next was a cookbook that debuted in 2010 and was a New York Times bestseller. The third book came out 2012. Lopez also penned a children’s book in 2011 about his daughter Gia.
Will you be watching Grease: Live tonight? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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How does someone with a degree in Communication have absolutely no concept of correct grammar? “He has wrote three non-fiction books”? Good job, genius.
Thank you for catching my error. Sometimes things like that get missed when you edit your own work. I hope you enjoyed reading the article despite the grammatical error.
Sorry, but the numerous other grammatical errors stand in the way. Your inability to construct a coherent sentence is another obstacle. For example, the sentence where you mention Tveit’s ‘Glee’ audition is beyond clunky. Remove “was when he” and see how much better it reads. Also, you desperately need to learn when and where to use punctuation.