He fell in love with actress Diana Hyland in the filming of a movie. Their romance only a few months, due to an aggressive illness
John Travolta or how to continue being a sex symbol after a radical change of look
This December 14, Grease has come back to life with an unexpected meeting between Olivia Newton-John (71) and John Travolta (65), which have been re-characterized as Sandy Olsson and Danny Zuko . The event was held in West Palm Beach, in the state of Florida, in the United States, where a series of fans met the duo of actors in a meet and greet . "It's the first time I've been in Sandy's suit since we made the movie. I'm very excited," wrote the head of Physical , after hanging a photo of the hand with Travolta on her Instagram, which caused the reaction of hundreds of followers. In the same way, others have remembered other films of their protagonists, such as Xanadu , by Newton-John, and Saturday Night Fever . One of Travolta's most famous films that, with more than four decades in theaters, continues to make history.
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Saturday Night Fever - inspired by a report called Tribal Rites of the new Saturday night - broke into Hollywood in 1977 and, since its release, caused a strong impact on the audience. The reason? The catchy choreographies, the unforgettable music of the Bee Gees and, of course, the curious aesthetics of Tony Manero . The character who threw Travolta to fame. However, not everything was easy for the actor. Above all, because during the filming of the film (for which he won an Oscar nomination), the sex symbol was far from his great love.
A year before Saturday Night Fever , Travolta recorded a movie called The Boy in The Plastic Bubble , where he met actress Diana Hyland , who had an extensive career in television. There, on set, they both fell in love. However, her love caused quite controversy: Diana was 18 years older than John .
According to media such as the British newspaper Express , Travolta always considered Hyland as his first real love. Even she would have been responsible for the artist ceasing to be so arrogant towards women and becoming a better man. "I had never been so in love in my life ... I thought I had fallen in love before, but no. From the moment I met her, I was drawn to her. We were like two maniacs chatting all the time on the set of Bubble and after a month, the romance arose, "Travolta explained in an interview in 1977.
Despite this, his idyll lasted no more than a couple of months ... and not precisely because of lack of love. Because while Travolta worked in the role of Tony Manero, Hyland suffered an aggressive cancer.
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Two years before meeting John, Diana was diagnosed with breast cancer and decided to have a mastectomy . But, the full filming of Saturday Night Fever , the cancer returned and was forced to abandon her career. That was when Travolta decided to take a break: he stopped filming and flew into the arms of Hyland, whom he looked after until his last day. The actress died on March 27, 1977 , at 41. A day before her death she and Travolta walked together through a garden and he was with her until her last breath. "I felt how the breath went away," the actor said, a while later, to People magazine, in addition to asserting that after the death of his beloved, he felt the greatest pain he had ever experienced. "It was the hardest ten weeks of my life," he said.
Despite this, the protagonist of other films such as Hairspray and Pulp Fiction has never stopped feeling Diana's love nearby. "I gave her the best of joys during her last months of life. And I always feel that she is with me. I mean her intentions are always with me. Diana always wanted a whole world for me, in every possible way," Travolta confessed. to the American press, 42 years ago.
Even so, the gallant doesn't usually talk about Hyland in his interviews. Although he remembers her as one of the most important people in his history. "The weirdest thing is that before I met her I always thought that she would not have any love relationship that would prove successful," he said in 1977, 14 years before arriving at the altar next to Kelly Preston (57), his current wife, with whom He has had three children.
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