Legend Olivia Newton-John returns to musicals after 30 years Richard Crouse 14 October 2010 06:35 Getting to act alongside her friend Marc Jordan, left, helped convince Olivia Newton-John to take the role in Score: A Hockey Musical. Although she sang with John Travolta in Grease, danced with Gene Kelly in Xanadu and recently featured her hit Let’s Get Physical on Glee, Olivia Newton-John hasn’t appeared in a full-on musical on the big screen for 30 years. That will change this weekend when she will be seen playing an overprotective hockey mom in Score: A Hockey Musical. Director Michael McGowan wanted Newton-John, but didn’t think he’d be able to get the Australian superstar, who now makes her home in Florida, to come north to shoot the film. “She’s funny and she doesn’t take herself seriously,” he said, “but for her to say, ‘This is the film, a hockey musical shot in Toronto, in February, seemed virtually impossible.” When asked why chose to do this film, Newton-John laughed and said,...
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