Actor Henry Winkler admitted he was ‘a damn fool’ for turning down the part of Danny Zuko in in movie musical Grease, over fears of getting typecast.
has admitted he was ‘a damn fool’ for turning down the part of Danny Zuko in iconic movie musical Grease, over fears of getting typecast., shooting him to superstardom after his breakout in Saturday Night Fever the year before.
However, Happy Days star Winkler, 77, was keen to avoid falling into a typecasting trap after playing Arthur ‘The Fonz’ Fonzarelli on the 1950s-set sitcom. Detailing his issues with trying to chose other impactful roles – as well as work fullstop – Winkler recalled: ‘I was sitting at my desk at Paramount and I literally thought, “Am I ever going to find something with as much impact as The Fonz? How will I know, will anybody ever ask me? I’m not getting any offers.”’
The Emmy and Golden Globe winner lamented that he ‘should have just shut up and had a really good time making that movie’.He jokingly added: ‘I go home, I say no, and I have a Diet Coke. John Travolta goes home – and has done the movie – and buys a plane.’
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