Julianne Hough And Vanessa Hudgens To Star In FOX’s ‘Grease’: Who Should Play Danny?


Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens are going to face off in a good girl vs. bad girl dance battle in FOX’s Grease: Live.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Dancing with the Stars judge Julianne Hough will put her dancing shoes back on to play Sandy Olsson in the beloved musical. High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens has been cast as Sandra Dee’s sworn enemy, Pink Lady Betty Rizzo. Isn’t that the most? To say the least?

Julianne told EW that Sandy is her dream role.

“Grease is one of the movies that made me want to be an entertainer, and I have literally been waiting my whole life to play Sandy.”

However, Vanessa never even thought about the possibility of being cast as too-cool-for-school Rizzo.

“Being Rizzo is something I’ve never imagined, and I love that because it will be a new challenge.”

According to Rolling Stone, FOX plans to air Grease: Live on January 31, 2016.

Producing Grease: Live might seem like a bold move for FOX to make after NBC’s Peter Pan Live! musical proved to be a boring disappointment. However, EW points out that Grease is a “more contemporary title” that will appeal to older, nostalgic viewers as well as younger fans. It also helps that FOX is already the home of musical series Glee, which has done a Grease episode titled “Glease.”

Sandy and Rizzo’s love interests haven’t been cast for the live Grease special, so fans can have fun coming up with suggestions for who will play Julianne Hough’s summer lovin’ stud, and who will be the Kenickie who covers Vanessa Hudgens with hickies. FOX could always look at some of the guys Julianne Hough has worked with before for the Danny Zuko role — her Rock of Ages costar Diego Boneta is a hottie who can belt out a tune, and her former Dancing with the Stars partner Cody Linley sort of resembles John Travolta. FOX might also want to look at its Glee cast — that’s Blake Jenner doing an amazing job channeling his inner Travolta in the video above.

MTV News’ suggestion for the Danny Zuko role is Zac Efron. According to MyFOXNY, Julianne Hough is currently working with Efron on a new movie, so perhaps she could convince him to sign on for the FOX musical. His past relationship with Vanessa Hudgens might make things a bit tense on set, but High School Musical fans would probably love to see the former couple reunited.

What do you think of Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens’ casting in Grease: Live, and who would you like to see in Danny’s iconic T-Bird jacket?

[Image credits: Getty Images via The Huffington Post, FayesVision/WENN via AceShowbiz]

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