Cheyenne Isabelle Wells Radiates enthusiasm when chatting Grease: The Rise of the Pink LadiesAnd which will take place at Paramount + April 6. In fact, you feel the show arrives at the perfect time, providing a rare opportunity to expand fat Universe and viewers’ perceptions of what really happened in the mid-1950s, when the show was set.
“There are stories that we couldn’t see in the original fat The movie “Wells co.” There are a lot of people that were around during that time that weren’t depicted in the movie. And more drama, so we can get a little more personal pink ladies Because it’s a chain. It’s not just two hours of time. We see a lot within these unique characters and that’s really exciting for me.”
Paramount+ is hoping it’s for streaming audiences, too. It’s a big gamble to take on an established brand, something many people have strong feelings about. fat It was a massive hit when it was released in 1978, making stars out of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. And then… Grease 2 It was a disaster, even with Michelle Pfeiffer on top and a stronger focus on the pink ladies. Can create a new offer Painted lighting All over again?
The cast and crew think so. Marisa DavilaAnd Cheyenne Isabelle WellsAnd Ari Notartomaso, Executive Music Producer/Songwriter Justin TranterChoreographer/Director beauty sims Share more with MovieWeb below. But first, take a look at the exclusive clip from the upcoming episode
The lowdown on the pink ladies
The cast stands out Grease: The Rise of the Pink Ladies. Davila plays Jane, who is the less wise Sandy. Wells is Olivia, a romantic with smarts who has been described as a “slut”. Notartomaso is Cynthia – tress Tomboy, recalling some iterations to enliven the stage fat. And Fukuhara is Nancy, a completely made-up fashion-forward girl. Someone suspects that Chanel Bailey, who plays Hazel on the series, might enter the quartet at some point. Newcomers Madison Thompson, Jonathan Nieves, Jason Schmidt, and Maxwell Whittington Cooper. Jackie Hoffman (Only murders in the building) to Assistant Director McGee. The late Eve Arden originated the role in the first classic.
This time, it was 1954 at the beloved Rydell High, four years earlier fat takes place. The outcasts at their wits’ end (Jane, Olivia, Cynthia, and Nancy), boldly decide to live life on their own terms, and in doing so cause a stir with the conservative Rydell staff and students.
“My biggest hope was to pay homage to the joy and excitement of the original thing we all love,” said producer/songwriter Justin Tranter. But to also make sure it does what’s original fat did, which was around the late 70’s into the 50’s. He used the 1950s as a great example of creating a moral panic for young people. I also wanted to bring in songs that had action and some ‘danger’ in them, representing the cuteness and risk of teenagers doing things that older adults don’t think they should do.”
There you have it. There are a lot of risks that you have to take. The show deals with the rampant sexism and racism of the 1950s, but makes plenty of time for romance and bad choices. Enter: Olivia (played by Wells). She falls in love with someone she really shouldn’t. Like the truth. Then there’s Cynthia, rendered by Notartomaso with the same measures of grace and perseverance, which explores her own vitality and sexuality. Not to be overlooked, Jane, one of the central points of the show, fights back against the Rydell High system during a time when females were supposed to “stay in”.
“Honestly, coming to this series was just as difficult for me as it was for Jane to go back to school,” Davila shares. All that tension mixed with excitement as she was outside the school’s double doors heading back to school [in fall] It was exactly what I felt and what I bought for the project.”
Cheyenne Isabelle Wells on Olivia
By all accounts, Olivia’s character shows the closest resemblance to Rizzo’s character in the original film, but the writers made her distinctly original. Here, we find a strong female character who isn’t afraid of her power, but is still very much a teenager, and occasionally makes the wrong choices.
“I immediately fell in love with Olivia when I read her character description, and I think it’s the best time for the show to come on because we’re already behind,” Wells said. “These are messages and stories that we should have told ages ago. But we’re also in a musical revolution now. There are shows like ours that are driving that movement. So if we can combine some serious themes on top of song and dance, I mean, I think that’s the best combination” .
Speaking of song and dance numbers, these are great eye candy. They fall somewhere between a blaster cheerful through nobody Riverdale More powerful independent music loops with dashes than Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.
Wells admitted that “the challenge of those musical numbers came from juggling the dancing and doing the scenes that day”. “We were getting sent in videos of the choreography and doing a rehearsal. You would have to go through the video so that by the time you were ready it could be played on the side. I think the pacing of it all was the most difficult.”
Pink is the word
Annabelle Oaks (atypical), writes and produces the series and serves as showrunner and director. Her passion fuels what viewers live by pink ladies There’s something that choreographer/director Jamal Sims says informed him about how to nail everything here.
“We had an original story with pink ladies And it helped, because we weren’t trying to recreate the original. So, it was like, ‘Okay, good. We’re telling a different story,'” Sims said. fat In theatre, it translates to the viewers, who, after each episode, may feel the same, letting out songs and dancing dances.”
He added how he and the actor should have been off-limits on the show. “We had to be brave because we were doing so many things like dancing on top of cars, on top of safes that were turning upside down. We couldn’t be afraid. That was something — let’s go out, let’s be fearless. That brings the best response.”
Ari Notartomaso praised the dance numbers and credited the writing on the new series. Everyone loves fat. “We all grew up with that story,” she said. My favorite number from the original was Lightening greased. So, being able to pay tribute to that was special. And my character was a huge deal to me.
Notartomaso added, “I really appreciate the honesty they put into writing something unique.” “I really think it’s such a lovely character and it’s so well written. All of our characters are so well written and fleshed out. I just think this show is really, really fun.”
Catch Grease: The Rise of the Pink Ladies On Paramount+ starting April 6.
