Fun Fact #23

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FRANCIS WANTED THE ACTORS THAT PLAYED GREASERS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT A GREASER WAS, BEYOND A STEREOTYPE.  IN ORDER TO DO THAT, HE HAD THEM SLEEPOVER AT REAL-LIFE GREASER'S HOUSES AND GET TO KNOW THEM.

Coppola made the gang sleepover at a real "Greaser's" house, in order to kind of "live the life" of a Greaser and get to know some real Greasers personally. Rob Lowe (Sodapop Curtis) and Tom Cruise (Steve Randall) had a very warm heart-to-heart conversation with the couple and got to talk to them about their childhood, being Greasers and all. 

                                           These are some real Greasers back in the 1950s

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                                           These are some real Greasers back in the 1950s.

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