Even though you've probably watched tit a gazillion times, we're here to tell you there's still a lot you might not know (lucky you!), trust.
The two didn't get along while filming Red Dawn so she almost passed on the role of Baby until Swayze convinced her she would be making a mistake.
In fact, the scene where Johnny looks annoyed with Baby when rehearsing their choreographed dance wasn't staged — he really was frustrated that she kept laughing. We LOVE that producers decided to keep it in the end.
She also grew up in Brooklyn with a doctor father, visited the Catskills during the 1960s, was called "Baby," and learned how to dance at house parties. But in an interview with The Age in 2005 she admitted there's also a lot of Johnny in her — she knows all of those "dirty" dance moves too!
Can't you kind of picture it? So did Sharon Stone. And apparently Bill Zane auditioned for Johnny, while Val Kilmer was offered the role! Ultimately he passed and Swayze accepted (we're sure he still regrets that decision).
The first test audiences hated the movie, leading producers to consider skipping cinemas and opting for a direct-to-video release. We don't even want to think about how sad our lives would have been if that happened. ?
Because Jennifer Grey was too scared and refused to practice beforehand. Lucky for her, they nailed it in one take and she hasn't done the move since (that's the epitome of one and done).
He asked viewers of his talk show to send letters to the production company demanding it be re-released. However, after the studio ultimately agreed he admitted he didn't even like the movie very much.
It was filmed during October so the water was ice cold - around 4'C. In fact, no close up shots were shown, because the actors lips were blue from what Swayze once called "hypothermically cold" water.
Again, October is peak leaf-changing season, so the set decorators went around and spray painted every discoloured or dead leaf green to make the field look like summer.
Yep, "Nobody puts Baby in a corner." He said he initially hated it, but once he watched the completed movie he admitted it worked.
Because he didn't like sequels. However, he did end up making a cameo in the 2004 prequel Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.