7. A pivotal moment for the actors occurred during the film’s iconic lift scene in the lake, where Swayze and Grey bonded over the challenging experience.

“It was horrifyingly, hypothermically cold in that lake, and we filmed that scene repeatedly,” Swayze wrote in his autobiography. “And despite Jennifer being very light, when you’re lifting someone in water, even the skinniest little girl can feel like 500 pounds.”

8. However, all their hard work proved to be worthwhile, with Grey reflecting on finally executing the lift with Swayze in her 2022 memoir, Out of the Corner, noting that she held off on performing the infamous move until they filmed the climactic final dance scene.

“What you see between us in that scene was also genuine,” she wrote. “Real gratitude. Real respect. Real care. If that’s not love, what is?”

9. The moment in which Baby keeps laughing as Johnny trails his fingers down her arm was unscripted, as Grey was genuinely ticklish and Swayze’s annoyance was very real.

“We didn’t even remember we had that footage because we then shot it where she didn’t laugh, and it was only when we were in the editing room that our dance editor discovered this,” Bergstein told Cosmo. “When we saw it, we burst out laughing, and when Jennifer and Patrick saw it for the first time, they burst out laughing because we’d completely forgotten that this had even happened. We just thought it was so funny that we used it and loved it.”