'Grease 2's Lorna Luft Details Passing the Baton to the Next Generation With 'Pink Ladies' (Exclusive)

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Lorna Luft is excited to be passing the baton on to the next generation of Pink Ladies. ET's Denny Directo spoke to the  star at the  premiere Wednesday, where she talked seeing the legacy of the long-loved franchise continue.«We had so much fun, and to know that Olivia and John and Stockard — they passed us the baton, and now we're getting to pass it on to a whole new generation,» Luft, who was wearing her original Pink Ladies jacket, said.

Discussing 's popularity, Luft said just as the prequel will target a streaming audience, the sequel found its fans on cable television.«I think that  found its home with cable television.

Because when it came out that weekend, the movies that came out that weekend — what came out that weekend was , and .,» Luft said. «But then, cable television.

And it's gotten whole new generations of fans, and people love  2.»Set four years before the events of , which followed a group of seniors during their final year of high school in 1958, the prequel will show how «four fed-up outcasts dare[d] to have fun on their own terms, sparking a moral panic that will change Rydell High forever.»And while it's been 40 years since the sequel and even longer since  graced the big screen, Luft, who played Paulette in part two, said she's not surprised to see it get the revival treatment in 2023." is so special.