Why Hopelessly Devoted to You wasn't meant to be in Grease
It's arguably the most famous song from the 1978 musical movie Grease.
But it turns out, Hopelessly Devoted to You was never meant to feature in the film.
The singer and actress, who died of breast cancer at age 73, was famed for her role in Sandy Olsson in the film, but her solo song in the movie was added after Grease had wrapped filming.
On The Project, Peter Helliar relayed the movie trivia after her death, saying the show-stopping ballad wasn't intended to be included in the movie.
"Hopelessly Devoted to You wasn't supposed to be in the film," he said.
"It was recorded after and it was her stand out moment from the film - apart from the bad Sandy moment at the end."
'That was filmed and written after the film was made. She had it in her contract that there was a song for her."
"The only Oscar nomination the film got was for that song," Peter continued.
Olivia last performed the song in 2019 when she reunited with her Grease co-star John Travolta for an event celebrating the hit musical in Florida.
Sporting their famed Grease costumes for the first time since the film's release, Olivia took to the microphone for a special moment on stage with John and sang a segment of the movie's ballad with the help of the audience.
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