Its not unusual for stage musicals to be adapted into movies, and in 1978, it wasGreases turn.

At one point in the song, Rizzo sings Elvis, Elvis, let me be!

Keep that pelvis far from me!, which isnt in the original version.

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However,that specific scene inGreasewas shot on the day Elvis Presley died.

Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977.

Source:The New York Post,ABC News.

Elvis Presley and John Travolta as Danny Zuko in Grease

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Grease Rizzo singing Look at Me I’m Sandra Dee next to a pic of Elvis Presley

In this film adaptation of the iconic stage musical, good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fall in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they’re now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite belonging to different social cliques?

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