the filming of Dirty dancing was excruciating for him

If someone says Patrick Swayze to you, you immediately think of Ghost and the pottery session with the sublime Demi Moore, but also of course Dirty Dancing. Cha-cha lessons for three, training in the lake for the final lift, and the cult “We don’t leave Baby in a corner.” But what you probably didn’t know is that for the actor, the shooting of this cult film was very difficult.

And for good reason, Jennifer Gray and Patrick Swayze did not like each other at all. Their previous experience on the film L’Aube Rouge in 1984 had already been frankly unpleasant. Things didn’t work out on the set of Dirty Dancing. Indeed, according to the production and production teams, the 27-year-old actress (and not 16) had a capricious temperament. His diva attitudes had a way of deeply pissing off Patrick Swayze. In addition, Patrick Swayze, dancer emeritus, would have been annoyed that Jennifer Gray does not really master the steps and has to redo the takes many times. Finally, belonging to the “actor studio” school, he would have had struggling to manage the “lack of seriousness” of the actress on the set of certain scenes. In particular the one, which has become legendary, in which he lowers his arm along her armpit and where she cannot help laughing.

Relationships of Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray

However, the two actors did not remain scrambled all their life. Without becoming close friends like Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, or even a couple like Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, they still got closer. Over the years, they have both sent congratulations and complimentary messages to each other through the media. Grateful to her that she was a very talented actress. And Jennifer Gray admitting that he had always been patient and an impressive pedagogy with her. When Patrick Swayze died on December 14, 2009 following pancreatic cancer, Jennifer Gray sent him a beautiful tribute.