Jennifer Grey: Patrick Swayze cried saying sorry to me on ‘Dirty Dancing’ set

Jennifer Gray will at all times maintain Patrick Swayze near her coronary heart.

The 62-year-old recalled how her late “Soiled Dancing” co-star sobbed whereas apologizing to her on the set of their 1987 romance drama.

The pair beforehand starred in 1984’s “Crimson Daybreak” collectively earlier than reuniting for the long-lasting dance flick.

Gray stopped by “The View” earlier this week to debate her memoir, “Out of the Nook,” and her tense experiences working with “The Outsiders” actor, who died in 2009 on the age of 57.

“Patrick was enjoying pranks on me and all people,” Gray stated. “It was simply, like, macho, and I simply couldn’t take it. I used to be similar to, ‘Please, this man, that’s sufficient with him.'”

The “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” actress then detailed how she was hesitant to signal on for “Soiled Dancing” with Swayze.

Nevertheless, she agreed to do a display take a look at with him and through their chemistry learn, he introduced her shut and apologized for his actions.

Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray starred in 1984’s “Crimson Daybreak,” in addition to “Soiled Dancing” in 1987 collectively.

Gray opened up about her tough experiences working with Swayze.

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“He pulled me down the corridor and stated to me, ‘I really like you, I really like you, and I’m so sorry. And I do know you don’t need me to do the film,'” she defined.

Gray went on, “And he received the tears in his eyes. And I received the tears in my eyes — not for a similar motive. I used to be like, ‘Oh, this man’s working me.’ And he goes, ‘We might kill it — we might kill it if we did this.'”

“We go in there and he takes me in his arms and I used to be like, ‘Oh, boy. I’m achieved,'” Gray confessed.

And alas, their chemistry made the movie a cult basic success for many years to come back.

“Patrick was enjoying pranks on me and all people,” Gray stated. “I simply couldn’t take it.”

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Gray additionally couldn’t assist however gush over how the “Ghost” star carried himself on set. “There was no competitors. He was, like, the simple chair I’d been dreaming of my complete life,” she stated.

The “Crimson Oaks” actress is returning for a sequel to “Soiled Dancing” within the close to future. The movie franchise launched a prequel in 2004, “Soiled Dancing: Havana Nights,” and produced a made-for-TV remake for ABC in 2017.