John Travolta Reveals Film Inspired By Near-Death Experience While Flying Plane With Family
deadline.comJohn Travolta has shared that he was inspired to make his new film by a near-death experience he just recently gone through himself.
The BBC reports that the actor, who stars in the film , adapted from a novella by Frederick Forsyth, told a London audience: “The kismet of the project is, I actually experienced a total electrical failure, not in a Vampire but a corporate jet, over Washington DC, prior to my discovering the book. “So when I read the book, it resonated more because of this experience I’d personally had.
I knew what it felt like to absolutely think you’re going to die, because I had two good jet engines but I had no instruments, no electric, nothing. “And I thought it was over, just like this boy, portrayed so beautifully [by actor Ben Radcliffe].
He captured that despair when you think you’re actually going to die. “I had my family on board and I said, ‘This is it, I can’t believe I’m going to die in this plane.’ And then, as if by a miracle, we descended to a lower altitude, I saw the Washington DC Monument and identified that Washington National Airport was right next to it and I made a landing.
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