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вЂњIt was just instant that we bonded, and that I knew I needed to take care of him. He couldn't have been older than like 16. I just was there to try to help him, because I knew he was a baby.

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He was so young and so full of life and energy, and he didn't quite know he was going to have to do five or six takes sometimes. I didn't know Gene Anthony Ray until that day, and I was taking care of him right in there, because he needed it. You never knew when the camera was rolling you might think you're just rehearsing it, and then heвЂ™d say, вЂOK, I got it!вЂ™вЂќ Allen says. He doesn't want to rehearse things too much, because he wants to get the real deal. вЂњIt was a great, exciting day, in that it was very free-spirited, which is how Alan Parker works. And right here is where you start paying - in sweat.вЂќ Allen recalls meeting Ray for the first time when they shot one of FameвЂ™s key scenes with that legendary line that made AllenвЂ™s small role so unforgettable: вЂњYou want fame? Well, fame costs. I mean, that was his real life,вЂќ she says. He was that young, dominant, and rough kid that everybody fell in love with the minute they saw him on the dance floor, talking s*** to the teachers. But just make sure I can keep the dress!вЂ™вЂќДЄs much as Allen loved working with Cara and the rest of the cast, she forged the strongest connection, on- and offscreen, with Ray. Then Alan came to me and said, вЂDebbie, you're so beautiful, it's great, but the movie's already 10 hours long, and we haven't even gotten to the end yet, so I'm going to cut your scene.вЂ™' I'm like, вЂOK, Alan, I understand. I had this hot red dress, and I was going to do this song.

вЂњI was actually supposed to be the senior that was her competition, or so I thought. She blew it out of the water,вЂќ marvels Allen.ДЄllenвЂ™s appearance in the Fame film was brief (вЂњIt was proof that there are no вЂsmallвЂ™ parts,вЂќ she says of the life-changing opportunity), but she was originally supposed to get more screentime playing CaraвЂ™s вЂњnemesisвЂќ in the movie. We didn't know Fame was going to do what it did, but we knew that this was like, whoa. When she sang вЂOut Here on my Own,вЂ™ the day she filmed that song, it was breathtaking, just breathtaking. вЂњI just can never forget what Irene brought to the screen, into this role, into the world. Allen, a showbiz veteran, had already briefly worked on Broadway with former child actress Cara, who played Coco Hernandez and sang lead on the soundtrackвЂ™s вЂњHot Lunch Jam,вЂќ вЂњOut Here on My Own,вЂќ and title track (the latter two of which earned Academy Award nominations). вЂњI just remember the energy of all those young people, carrying on in that cafeteria between takes, waiting to shoot a scene,вЂќ she says. He said, вЂI'm not wearing that bulls***.вЂ™ He never would wear the tights,вЂќ Allen laughs.ДЄllen bonded with the teen cast from the start. I don't know if it was about pointing his feet, or wearing tights. As it turned out, Ray, who played bad-boy Leroy Johnson, had been expelled from the High School for the Performing Arts before he landed the part. Fame starred several real-life LaGuardia students, like Laura Dean and, most notably, Gene Anthony Ray. The filmвЂ™s rebelliousness and realism also carried over to its art-imitating-life casting.