Michelle Pfeiffer has revealed how she landed her first big role in ‘Grease 2,’ and it was an awkward start to a legendary Hollywood career. During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the 68-year-old actress discussed her breakthrough role, and why she said that she felt ‘humiliated’ after first auditioning for the part.
Overcoming Self-Doubt
Pfeiffer explained that going into the audition, she ‘had zero expectations of landing this part,’ but was sent by her agents ‘just for the experience.’ The audition process was grueling, with Pfeiffer describing it as a ‘cattle call’ where actors and dancers and singers were everywhere, and the thin walls allowed others to hear her reading and singing.
Pfeiffer lacked confidence in her dancing abilities and ‘kept moving further to the back,’ eventually ending up in the last row. She ‘stumbled my way through because I couldn’t remember the choreography.’ Despite feeling ‘humiliated,’ Pfeiffer was asked to return the next day, and ultimately landed the lead role of Stephanie Zinone, the head of the Pink Ladies, in the 1982 movie.
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