A Hollywood mogul has claimed John Travolta rejected an iconic role due to the movie's 'gay subtext'. Barry Diller, who published tell-all memoir Who Knew this week, alleged Travolta, 71 ...

By McKinley Franklin According to Barry Diller, John Travolta backed out of starring in American Gigolo because of the film’s “somewhat gay subtext.” “He slumped down in a chair in Michael ...

John Travolta’s reasons for pulling out of the movie American Gigolo in the late 1970s are apparently up for debate. In his new memoir, Who Knew?, former Paramount CEO Barry Diller claimed that ...

Among the headline-grabbing revelations in his new memoir Who Knew, Fox Broadcasting Company co-founder Barry Diller sheds light on John Travolta’s infamous exit from 1980’s American Gigolo ...

Riding high off of Grease‘s success, Diller was eager for Travolta to play the lead in a lurid neo-noir from new Hollywood hot-shot Paul Schrader, American Gigolo. The actor was already attached ...

From John Travolta turning down Forrest Gump to Al Pacino walking away from Star Wars, many actors have passed up iconic movie roles. A new wave of resurfaced casting secrets have been ...

According to Barry Diller, John Travolta backed out of starring in American Gigolo because of the film’s “somewhat gay subtext.” In his tell-all memoir, Who Knew, the power player recalls a time when ...

The season opens this fall with Young John Lewis, a world premiere production commissioned by Theatrical Outfit. The musical, which premiered in summer 2025, will now travel to venues across ...

On the other hand, it’s thought that it was Travolta's obsession with involving Cruise in his cult that led Cruise to make decisions that he still has no regrets about today. What’s more ...