Olivia Newton-John will be remembered for her effervescent character, her commitment to cancer research, and the spray-on leather trousers she was sewn into every morning on the set of 'Grease'.
Olivia Newton-John will be remembered for her effervescent character, her commitment to cancer research, and the spray-on leather trousers she was sewn into every morning on the set of. As Sandy Olsson, the goody-two-shoes high-schooler who falls for the quiffed T-bird Danny Zuko, she stole our hearts with her sweet to sassy makeover. To think, Newton-John, who has died at the age of 73, almost didn’t take the part as she thought that a 29-year-old was too old to play a lovestruck teen.
Back to those famous pants. Costume designer Albert Wolsky was set on a vintage look, which consequently meant the ’50s Spandex-esque pair Newton-John had to slither into were equal parts fragile and restrictive. Rather than risking breaking the zipper, Bad Sandy had to endure being laced into them like a corset. It paid off. Few character transformations have had quite the impact as that curly-haired, scarlet-lipped bombshell reveal.
Proof that Newton-John and Sandy’s slinky alter-ego will forever be inextricably linked came in 2019, when the beloved actor auctioned her jacket and pants off for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute. The buyer, who purchased her leathers for $243,200, returned the biker babe look a month later, saying: “This jacket belongs to you and the collective soul of those who love you, those for whom you are the soundtrack of their lives.
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