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Frankie Avalon Almost Passed on Grease Role Because of Elvis Presley Similarities: 'I Don't Do Gyrations'
Frankie Avalon almost didn't take part in Grease.
When Avalon, 83, appeared on the latest episode of the Our Way with Paul Anka and Skip Bronsonpodcast, the actor and singer reflected on how he landed his iconic part in the 1978 movie musical, in which he memorably sings the number "Beauty School Dropout" to Didi Conn's character Frenchy.
During the podcast, Avalon recalled that he first saw Grease the musical on Broadway in the early 1970s as part of a publicity effort for a run of shows he was performing at New York City's Copacabana night club.
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"A few years later, I'm playing golf at a club where I belong and my manager is waiting for me after nine holes," he said. "He says, 'Frankie, I got a script here from Paramount. They want you for this picture.' "
Avalon, who rose to fame as a recording artist in the late 1950s, said when his manager told him Paramount wanted him to play "Teen Angel," he immediately pas
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