„Grease 2“ actor Maxwell Caulfield shares why he didn’t fall for his then-onscreen love interest, Michelle Pfeiffer.
When “va-va-voom” Michelle Pfeiffer walked onto the set of “Grease 2,” Maxwell Caulfield knew he wouldn’t be tempted by the sultry starlet.
The actor, who starred as motorcycle-riding Michael Carrington, is gearing up to honor his wife, Juliet Mills, at this year’s Cinecon in Hollywood during Labor Day weekend. Looking back at his career, the 65-year-old told Fox News Digital it was easy to play Pfeiffer’s love interest in the 1982 film.
“We did not have the kind of relationship that John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John did [in the original film],” he explained. “They were so symbiotic, they absolutely loved each other. Michelle and I only had to play being in love. And we both just got married. So, there was no question about any [lines] being crossed in that regard.”
“Michelle is a bit of a sphinx,” he chuckled. “She’s always retained a certain mystery.”
While their relationship on set was strictly platonic, Caulfield said they did bond over the possibility of skyrocketing to international fame – just as Travolta and Newton-John did in 1978.
“I think we were both apprehensive about imminent stardom,” he said. “We would sometimes talk about how one would handle it, because it’s a very real thing to suddenly become world famous. It suddenly means, like everything in life, there’s a price to pay.”
And Caulfield had good reason to think about the possibility of becoming a household name. While teen idols Rick Springfield and Leif Garrett were considered, it was Caulfield who scored the role. And according to reports, even Tom Cruise auditioned at one point.
But fate had different plans for Caulfield.
When “Grease 2” premiered in theaters, it attempted to go toe-to-toe against heavyweights like “E.T.,” “Rocky III” and “Poltergeist.
