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The Big Picture Dirty Dancing is known for its fiery passion on screen, shared between co-stars Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze. Part of that passion came from behind-the-scenes, but not in the way you would think. Grey and Swayze shared an intense relationship, but much of it came from rifts and tension. The two had a somewhat rocky experience while filming the now iconic 80s romance film, and would often step on each other's nerves.
Dirty Dancing PG-13DramaDocumentaryRomance Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle. While watching Johnny and Baby turn from enemies to lovers is heartwarming, off-screen, the actors were far from being good pals. Due to their past encounters and varying work-ethics, the pair didn't get along.
Grey and Swayze's relationship then threatened his chances of getting the lead role in Dirty Dancing opposite the already cast Jennifer Grey. Grey didn't want to work with Swayze again after what she dealt with during Red Dawn. Discussing the shoot of the war film, she said, “Patrick was playing pranks on me and everybody…It was just, like, macho, and I just couldn't take it. I was just like, 'Please, this guy, that's enough with him.
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