Maika Monroe Loves the Patrick Swayze Lift Scene in Dirty Dancing | Screen Tests | W Magazine

In this Screen Tests interview, actress Maika Monroe ('It Follows', 'Independence Day: Resurgence', 'The 5th Wave') reveals that she’s tried to recreate that 'Dirty Dancing' lift scene in real life.

The 'It Follows' actress Maika Monroe might be best known for the horror genre, but she’s confessed she’s actually a bigger fan of chick-flick staple 'Dirty Dancing'.

Transcript
[Maika] Dirty Dancing. Well, yeah.
The sex scene and the song that we were just singing.
If you guys don't mind helping me out.
Can you guys sing with me?
How does it start?
(voices singing)
♫ I'm having the time of my life
♫ And I owe it all to you
♫ Oh, I...
Something like that. Anyways, you know they're dancing.
And it's getting sexy, and he does the move.
So, that's kind of what gets me going.
Obviously, I've tried to do the move.
Did it go as smoothly?
Probably not.
I'm like, so should we try?
And they're like, okay.
Well, usually, like, I run and then I stop cause I'm scared
that I won't be caught, and then I'll fall.
I did it before, and then I saw it in Crazy, Stupid, Love,
and I was like, okay, Ryan Gosling is, his abs,
and his arms. He could pick me up, but other,
I don't know, other guys probably can't.


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Maika Monroe Loves the Patrick Swayze Lift Scene in Dirty Dancing | Screen Tests | W Magazine

[raffaeledelprete]

I love Her so much, she s so pretty also.

[JoshuaTheNL]

The way Maika asks them to help her out with singing😂😭

[racerx]

This girl's an up and comer. Check her out in "It Follows" ✌️👍

[aquablushgirl]

Jesus, how old is she? She doesn't even know the main words to the song. If she loves the film that much how could she not know?