We chat with RiseofthePinkLadies’ Madison Thompson about her experience of working on the Grease prequel and the process of bringing her character Susan to life:
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies shows a different side of Rydell High’s students, and not just the Pink Ladies. A prequel to the 1978 classic movie musical Grease, Rise of the Pink Ladies shows the origin story of one of Grease’s main greaser groups, the Pink Ladies, who fight for acceptance for all at Rydell.
My parents are huge Grease fans...we had a ton of, like, the Grease original vinyl albums that my dad had when he was younger. [Then] I grew up being a total theater kid, and Grease originated as a musical on Broadway, so I was always begging my high school to do Grease. We never did it, unfortunately [...] but I’m glad I was able to join the Grease universe in a different type of way.
I was also inspired by, and this is a Grease fun fact, the original actress Sandra Dee. [I]n the original Grease movie, Rizzo makes fun of Sandy for being similar to Sandra Dee, and Sandra Dee was an actual really famous actress at the time of the 50s. [T]here are a lot of similarities between Sandra Dee and Susan. Other TV shows, actual actresses of that time, obviously the original movie, and the Grease spirit and energy were a big inspiration as well.
And to go back to your question of, “Was that a challenge?”, I think it was the best part of the job. [O]ur incredible writers’ room gave me this gift of this character that you kind of love to hate, but at the same time are sympathetic for because there’s so much going on. [...] I was really appreciative that Susan was more than just a one dimensional character.
What do you hope viewers will take away from Susan’s story in Rise of the Pink Ladies, especially after episode 6? At the end of the episode, she decides to throw out the diet pills, and I think that you start to see a little glimmer of the rebellion against her mother. [...] I think that we’re starting to see the walls of Susan’s perfect universe that she’s created starting to crack.
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