Star of the disco era, career hole in the eighties, celebrity Scientologist, rediscovered by Tarantino: on John Travolta’s 70th birthday.
John Travolta turns 70 on Sunday. That’s no longer a biblical age these days, but for someone who had already secured a place in film history at the age of 23, time is counted differently: Travolta became a superstar at an age when other Hollywood stars didn’t even have a clue the course her career should take. Robert De Niro was already 33 when he had his final breakthrough with “Taxi Driver”.