John Travolta has been dropped from the Dallas movie, after recently mentioning in an interview he had dropped out. It seems that he might not have left the film voluntarily.
“John was given a nice seven-figure ‘gift’ to go away quietly,” our source added. “He also got five family members roles in the movie, and they aren’t going to be in it now, either.”
A friend of Travolta confirmed, “He is not doing the movie. They’ve gone in a different direction than was originally intended. I don’t know about any ‘gift,’ and I don’t think the family member thing is correct.”
A rep for Travolta declined to comment.
Were the Travolta family members cast in the film also given parting gifts? Or was he expected to share? Possibly the money is actually to prevent John Travolta from suing for breach of contract and loss of earnings.
John was set to play J.R. Ewing in the film, and the word on the street is that Ben Stiller will replace him. Stiller’s reps have denied that he was offered the part.
Previously dropped from the cast were Shirley MacLaine, Jennifer Lopez and Luke Wilson, and director Robert Luketic was replaced with Gurinder Chadha. This was amid rumours of budget cuts, which is possibly why John Travolta and the other big name actors were dropped. Page Six also suggests that the film is going to be a behind-the-scenes style comedy like Bewitched, so perhaps the fired cast have dodged a bullet.
While being fired from a film is probably not the best feeling, this week John Travolta had a party in his honor celebrating his role in Hairspray, and he was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical or Comedy.
His next role will be in a remake of The Taking of Pelham 123, with him playing the bad guy to Denzel Washington’s good guy. Travolta plays such a great bad guy, so creepy and evil, that I might even go and see this. Actually, I’ll probably go to see it and be drawn in by a romantic comedy, but I’ll tell people “I almost saw that.” Even the most evil villain can’t compete with a movie that ends with a wedding and people eating cake. Particularly if it stars Julia Roberts. I’d love to see a romantic comedy where Julia Roberts falls in love with an evil John Travolta and makes him good, then they get married at the end. A great sequel would be if they had an evil child who was made good by their dog, possibly voiced by Tim Allen.
Picture note by Celebitchy: John Travolta and Kelly Preston are shown at the Hollywood Film Festival Hollywood Awards on 10/22/07, thanks to PRPhotos.
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