Henry Winkler had a chance to play the iconic Danny Zuko in Grease but he ultimately turned it down. “This is the reason, in my pathetic mind, I thought to myself, ‘I have now been the Fonz for 10 years,

Henry Winkler got his big break when he was cast as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli in Happy Days, which ran for 11 season from 1974 through 1984. And while the overwhelming popularity of the role nearly led to similar casting in the 1978 musical comedy Grease , which may have altered the trajectory of his career, Winkler ultimately turned it down.

The prospect of playing Danny Zuko in the 1978 film adaptation of Grease wasn’t exactly electrifying to Henry Winkler. On the most recent episode of Kelly Ripa’s podcast Let’s Talk Off Camera, the Happy Daysstar,