11. In 1984, Travolta auditioned for the lead male role in Splash. Unfortunately, his agent at the time convinced him the movie wouldn’t be a hit, so he bowed out. Shortly after, Tom Hanks landed the role, and the movie ended up being a box office sensation.
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12. Travolta’s mother Helen was one of the main reasons he decided to pursue a career in show business. She was a dancer and an actress, and she was even the one who enrolled Travolta in his first drama class!
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13. Travolta has had an infatuation with flying ever since he was a young boy. By age 22, he obtained his pilot’s license, and today, he owns and flies his own private jets, and he even has an aircraft company.
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14. Travolta is a trained pilot, and while on a routine flight in 1992, his plane’s power began to suddenly fade while he was at the controls. Luckily, he was experienced enough to carefully maneuver it back to the runway for a safe emergency landing.
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15. The movie Grease was an enormous box office hit, and interestingly enough, in 1971, Travolta was in the stage show cast of the musical seven years before he landed the lead role in the movie adaptation. He was meant to play the character of Danny from the very beginning!