The iconic lift at the very end of the movie wasn’t rehearsed and was done once
The iconic lift scene at the end of the movie has an interesting backstory. Like her character in the movie, Jennifer Grey is an anxious person, and the idea of dancing those quick and complex steps to perfection and then throwing herself into Patrick Swayze’s arms stressed her so much that she refused to rehearse.
Though she practiced little form of training by doing some small leaps into her partner’s arms, she was still scared as she feared being unable to do it in front of the camera. The producers asked her repeatedly to practice, but she asked to film the sequence in one go and without a trial run beforehand. And it worked!
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