Stégard Channing was an inimitable force in the role of Betty Rizzo in the years 1978. FatEven if the film has never been supposed to become a huge phenomenon.
“I gave (Fat) my everything, and I am proud of the performance and proud of the character. But at the time, it was not taken at all seriously, “said Channing, 80. London Times In a profile published Thursday, January 23. “The money he earned was unhappy. I was irritated. It is a children’s film – it was really upset.
Channing, who was 33 years old at the time, embodied Rizzo, the 17 -year -old leader of the Pink Ladies click, and interpreted the breathtaking ballad “there are Worse Things I Could do”. (The high school film also played John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John as cursed danny and sandy men.)
“The depth of the impact is weird,” recalls Channing about Fat. “I have experienced a lot of changes about this experience. I needed this concert enormously; Things did not go well after a big, big lesson in show business.
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Despite the popularity of the musical film, Channing has always struggled to win a constant flow of roles and rather focused her career on stage.
“But then, I achieved over time to what extent that affected generations, especially those of women and even some men,” she said. “I’m not going to name the actor, but we were together in a film and we were doing a press tour. We met from one press table to another and he said, “You were my dream when I was 12 years old.” Oh, thank you very much. A little too much information.
Channing also since moved From the United States to England, where it moved in 2019.
“I liked to live here, the friendships I had, I kept them, I spent months in a row here. And then I was here during Covid, and that has somehow all cemented, ”she recalls. “I realized that I was happier here. At my age too, people fall sick, die and move. And it started to arrive. Now I live here and I am really grateful to have been able to get there.
Channing also declared that “life is very beautiful” for her, denying that she would engage in another long -term relationship in the future. (Channing, who was married four times, had a relationship with Daniel Gilham Until his death in 2014.)
“No, I think it would be really boring,” said Channing. “I consolidate, thank you very much. I am very happy with the friends I have. No, life is beautiful.