The Story of John Travolta

Qantas Who?

Bet you had no clue that Travolta’s daughter almost wasn’t Ella Bleu! Her parents were ecstatic when they welcomed her into the world in 2000.

However, they got into a bit of disagreement over what to name her. Naturally, Travolta wished to name his child after something meaningful to him. Unfortunately, that thing was the Australian airline that he serves as ambassador for, called Qantas. Luckily, Preston persuaded Travolta to choose her name Ella.

Pulp Fiction Almost Didn’t Happen

Pulp Fiction definitely changed the course of Travolta’s career. However, this life-altering film almost did not happen for him. In fact, director Quentin Tarantino met with Travolta to talk about his vision for the actor. Tarantino wanted Travolta to take the role he was offered in the film From Dusk Till Dawn.

Travolta had other plans; he kept insisting on Pulp Fiction. Actually, Tarantino was disappointed with this choice and told Travolta he was just hoping to help. Later on, it came out that Tarantino had pushed for Travolta to be cast in From Dusk Til Dawn very hard, but Pulp Fiction ended up being the better choice for him.