Courtney Cox recalled her look in Bruce Springsteen’s music video for “Dancing within the Darkish,” describing her dance strikes as “pathetic.”
The actress was barely 20 years previous when she filmed the video, a few years earlier than she discovered fame by way of the hit sitcom Associates.
The then-unknown Cox was chosen for “Dancing within the Darkish” by the clip’s director, Brian De Palma.
“I assumed I used to be within the incorrect place,” the actress recalled throughout a current look on the Howard Stern Present, noting that many of the different girls on the audition have been skilled dancers. “I used to be like, ‘I don’t know what they’re doing however I can’t even bend my leg. That is it.’ I went into on Brian De Palma’s workplace. He placed on the music and stated, ‘Properly, you dance.’ And I assumed, ‘Proper now? Right here? In entrance of you? Simply the 2 of us?’”
Cox famous that her awkwardness seemingly labored in her favor. “I believe that’s why I bought it as a result of I used to be like, ‘Okay!’ I believe that’s what they needed, a fan that simply couldn’t consider it.”
Referring to Springsteen as “unimaginable,” Cox admitted she nonetheless listens to “Dancing within the Darkish.” “I really like that tune. I get somewhat embarrassed as a result of I do really feel like once I watch the video, once I see it. I imply, God. Did you see my dance? It was pathetic,” the actress declared. “I’m not a nasty dancer, however that was horrible. I used to be so nervous.”
Launched Could 9, 1984, “Dancing within the Darkish” was the primary single off of Born in the usA. The monitor peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 and went on to promote greater than one million copies. It additionally received Springsteen a Grammy Award for Greatest Male Rock Vocal Efficiency.
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