The lead stars of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies made an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event to talk about their experiences on the musical.
Marisa Davila, who plays Jane Facciano in the Paramount+ series, said she might have been a little too young to have watched the 1978 film for the first time, but most of its themes were going over her head. “Considering it’s a period piece, it really hasn’t gone too much out of style,” Davila said. “I’ve definitely known the music longer than I can even remember the first time I saw it.” Davila added: “I don’t really know if you meet a lot of people that haven’t seen Grease these days.
We’re just adding to the history of that universe and, I mean, what an honor. We’re just really grateful that this is a project that we get to be a part of.” RELATED: Deadline Contenders Television 2023 Arrivals & Panels Gallery Set in the 1950s, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies takes place four years before the events of the film that starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
The prequel series cast a diverse group of women to give visibility to viewers, something Tricia Fukuhara mentioned. She noted the diversity of the cast by recalling that when she was a little girl, she dreamed of playing the lead character in Annie.
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