Jennifer Grey: ‘Dirty Dancing’ Reboot Will Be ‘Something Special’

Baby is not putting the “Dirty Dancing” reboot in the corner!

“I love @Kennyortega and trust that he will do something special #DirtyDancingRemake,” Jennifer Grey, who co-starred with Patrick Swayze in the original movie, Tweeted on Monday night.

“Blown away by all of the love expressed for #DirtyDancing. Makes me want to see it again. So grateful to have been a part of it,” she wrote in another Tweet.

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On Monday, Lionsgate announced plans to reboot the beloved movie with Ortega, the film’s original choreographer, in the director’s chair.

Lionsgate is in talks with the original writer and co-producer of the 1987 film, Eleanor Bergstein, to become involved with the reboot in some capacity, the studio said in a release.

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