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Olivia Newton-John almost turned down Grease role after beating Hollywood icons to role
Hollywood names to it.The late actress passed away on Monday (August 8), aged 73, at her home in southern California after battling breast cancer.The iconic movie was filmed in 1977 when Olivia was just building her career in the spotlight.READ MORE:Olivia Newton-John dies aged 73 after 30-year battle with breast cancerHowever, Randal Kleiser, the film's director, had several people in mind for the role of Sandy Olsson including Carrie Fisher, Susan Dey, Deborah Raffin, and Marie Osmond.According to reporters, Marie was the frontrunner until she objected to Sandy's mega "good girl to bad girl" transformation.However, there was also a point when Olivia was unsure whether to take the role herself.The success of the movie was to be determined and Olivia was sceptical about passing for a teenager when she was in her late twenties.She also didn’t want to risk her music career which was already taking off on its own.Olivia once told Vanity Fair, according to Marie Claire: “I was very anxious about making another film, because my music career was going well, and I did not want to mess it up by doing another movie that wasn’t good."This comes after the star's final Instagram post was revealed.For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.On Monday her account posted a picture of her and her doting husband John Easterling and wrote: "#flashbackfriday"Fans of hers flocked to the comments, with one typing: "Think of you Olivia. Send you love and light from south of France."A second said: "Beautiful photo! I’m sending you wishes for continued good health.
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