The famous John Travolta is now on the verge of his 70th birthday (the actor turned 69 in February). His career path is almost 50 years of filming in various projects. However, the most successful of them, of course, was the 1994 film Pulp Fiction. People adore Travolta for his talent, charisma, charm and professionalism. In addition, he is known for his wonderful singing and dancing, which attracts fans even more. Nevertheless, in the life of the actor, who became a cult favorite, there were also downfalls. He had to start life from scratch. We invite you to look at John from a different perspective, and not just through the prism of his film career.
John Travolta now and many years ago: how the actor’s life has changed
John Travolta’s film career started when he was 20 years old . The young guy took on many projects. Among them were action films, melodramas, comedies, as well as musicals, westerns and thrillers. As you can see, the range of Travolta’s talent is immense. The first successful projects with John’s participation were the musicals “Saturday Night Fever” and “Grease.” But Travolta’s greatest success, undoubtedly, came from “Pulp Fiction,” where he played the main role.
By the way, the actor himself did not even dare to imagine that the film would become so popular. When he was invited to star in Pulp Fiction, John was 40 years old . Since then, the actor has changed. At the very least, he changed his image. Fans still can’t get used to the fact that their idol no longer has luxurious hair.
We invite you to remember where Travolta started. He was born in a small town in New Jersey. John’s dad was Italian and played football. His mother instilled a love of art in little John. She was an English teacher, but in her spare time she loved to sing and even acted in films. So John followed in his mother’s footsteps .
A chain of tragedies
Sometimes fame, success and wealth are worthless when life is turned upside down by tragedy. The first blow for Travolta was that he lost his lover . We’re talking about Diana Hyland. They met in the 1970s and quickly began dating. But the happiness did not last long. Diana died right in John’s arms. She was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Unfortunately, this was not the only tragic event in the life of John Travolta. The actor was able to survive the pain of losing his beloved and, many years later, still got married. Kelly Preston became his chosen one. The couple had a son, Jett, a year after their wedding. However, the boy was not destined to live a long, happy life. When Jett was 16, he suffered an epileptic seizure that was fatal. It happened right in the bathroom of Travolta’s house.
Not long ago, John lost his wife Kelly . It is noteworthy that the woman was also killed by breast cancer. All these tragedies, even though they occurred at different periods of Travolta’s life, greatly crippled the actor. After his wife passed away, John became depressed. Only work and children (and Travolta has two of them) were able to pull the talented actor out of the state in which he found himself.
John plunged into filming the film “Paradise City”. This helped him take his mind off the sad events at least a little. It is also worth noting that Travolta, in addition to cinema, dancing and vocals, is also talented in piloting . He has a personal Boeing 707 and, of course, a license. True, several years ago John decided, for safety reasons (due to his age), to refuse to pilot independently.
John Travolta has had a tough time. After each tragedy, he had to learn to start living again. But John always got up. And for this, fans love the actor even more.
