Sally Field, Harrison Ford, John Travolta: Iconic roles turned down by major stars

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John Travolta has shared details of an experience he had with a “total electrical failure” on a plane.The 69-year-old, who had been piloting the jet at the time, recounted the event at a screening of his upcoming short film, The Shepherd, which will be released on Disney+.The movie – which is an adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s 1975 novel – involves a young fighter pilot who finds himself in danger when his plane undergoes multiple system failures.Travolta shared that when he discovered and read the book, it was just after his own frightening aviation incident.According to the BBC, the actor said: “The kismet of the project is, I actually experienced a total electrical failure, not in a Vampire [jet] but a corporate jet, over Washington DC, prior to my discovering the book.”He continued: “So when I read the book, it resonated more because of this experience I’d personally had.”“I knew what it felt like to absolutely think you’re going to die. Because I had two good jet engines but I had no instruments, no electric, nothing,” the Grease star shared.Referring to the performance by his co-star, Ben Radcliffe, he said, “I thought it was over, just like this boy, portrayed so beautifully [by Radcliffe].

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John Travolta’s latest work in “The Shepherd” brought him back to a near-fatal experience he had while piloting a plane with his entire family on board.The “Grease” actor, 69, recalled the moment while promoting his latest short at a London screening. The project, based on the 1975 novella by Frederick Forsyth, tells the story of a young Royal Air Force pilot (Ben Radcliffe) attempting to land safely after suffering an electrical failure mid-air, and requires assistance from another pilot (Travolta).“The kismet of the project is, I actually experienced a total electrical failure, not in a Vampire but a corporate jet, over Washington D.C., prior to my discovering the book,” the Oscar winner said, per the BBC.“So when I read the book, it resonated more because of this experience I’d personally had.”In 1995, the licensed pilot revealed in a New Yorker interview that he was forced to make an emergency landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport with his family in 1992.“I had two jet engines, but I had no instruments, no electric, nothing,” he said, noting it taught him “what it felt like to absolutely think you’re going to die.”“I thought it was over,” he continued.

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John Travolta has shared that he was inspired to make his new film by a near-death experience he just recently gone through himself.

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K.J. Yossman John Travolta has revealed it was his own near-death experience while flying a plane on Thanksgiving that first drew him to “The Shepherd,” the new Alfonso Cuarón-produced short film set to premiere on Disney+ this winter. The film, which is based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1975 novella of the same name, tells the story of Freddie Hooke (played by Ben Radcliffe), a young Royal Air Force pilot flying home for Christmas across the North Sea.