- The "Grease" prequel series "Rise of the Pink Ladies" is now streaming on Paramount+.
- Tricia Fukuhara told Insider that the original movie inspired her to spray perfume on her homework.
"Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies" star Tricia Fukuhara said that she was inspired by "Grease" to spray perfume on her homework when she was younger.
Fukuhara is one of the four main lead actors in the new Paramount+ prequel that explores the origins of the Pink Ladies, a gang of high school girls seen in the first "Grease" movie back in 1978.
During an interview with Insider, Fukuhara revealed how Dinah Manoff's character Marty Maraschino character influenced her own childhood.
"I watched it when I was very young, which I also think was probably influenced by older cousins that I had, where maybe it was a little bit more age-appropriate for them but definitely not for me as a 7-year-old," the actor said.
"I vividly remember physically doing this — Marty does this thing where she writes letters to all of her lovers and she sprays them with perfume. And I thought, 'Oh wow, that's so cool. I'm gonna do that too.'"
"So, I started spraying things with perfume — homework, like, anything," Fukuhara added.
Fukuhara's costars Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel Wells, and Ari Notartomaso told Insider that they don't remember exactly when they first watched "Grease" but it has always been part of their lives.
"I definitely auditioned for it because it was at every community theater growing up," Wells said. "But never got it. And now we're here."
Notartomaso added: "I'm kind of the same where I don't really remember the first time I watched 'Grease.' It's sort of, like, in the air. It's in the water we drank. I knew about it growing up, but now, of course, I've seen it upwards of 50, 60 to 70 times."
In the new Paramount+ prequel series, Fukuhara, Davila, Wells, and Notartomaso play four high school students who decide to form a group after being bullied or ostracized by their peers for various reasons.
However, their decision to form the first-ever female gang causes shockwaves around Rydell High School and the rest of the community.
"Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies" is now streaming on Paramount+.