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Ortega: 'Crawford loves dance training'
Published Thursday, Oct 22 2009, 11:56 BST | By Mayer Nissim
Rex Features
Gossip Girl star Crawford was cast in the remake of the Herbert Ross-helmed 1984 movie after High School Musical star Zac Efron dropped out of the project.
Director Ortega told the BBC: "He's doing dance training and physical training. We have a great teacher working with him there - he wanted it, he loves it.
"We have a great script, we have Chace, Julianne Hough, and an excited studio. About a week ago I did a big test that was very successful."
He added: "We just did a big scene from the movie, just as a little sizzle, a little test - a place for us to stretch together, he was dancing in it and he's going to be great."
Earlier this year, Crawford admitted to being left "extremely sore" by the physical preparation for the project.
Shooting is due to start in March 2010 with a scheduled summer release date.
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