Debra Messing Was Scared To Sing In 'Dirty Dancing' Remake

Debra Messing is the new ambassador of the product CoolSculpting, and during an interview with PEOPLE, she opened up about working on the remake of "Dirty Dancing."


Messing plays Baby's mom, Majorie Houseman in the TV adaptation. "I'm very excited. The original movie was incredibly special to me. I remember seeing it when I was a kid with my mother and just falling in love with everything about it. I had the soundtrack; I knew every word to every song."

The remake will encompass everything fans love about the 1987 classic, but there will be lots of new material!

She recounts, "Also learning to dance and sing, bewcause I sing a solo in the movie, so there were all kinds of extra challenges that scared me, and usually when I'm scared to do something I have to do it."


The three hour film will air on Wednesday May 24th 8p ET on ABC.


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