When Maxwell was cast in Grease 2, he also earned a three-picture deal with Paramount Pictures. After Grease 2 flopped at the box office, his deal "evaporated" as well.
Maxwell: Before Grease 2 came out I was being hailed as the next Richard Gere or John Travolta. But when Grease 2 flopped nobody would touch me. It felt like a bucket of cold water had been thrown in my face. It took me 10 years to get over Grease 2.