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Brian Damage
04-11-2007, 10:33 AM
John Travolta says he has no career regrets — except, maybe, that he’s not Tom Hanks. “I wouldn’t trade [my career] for anyone’s except Tom Hanks’, I don’t think,” the “Wild Hogs” star told the London Independent. “Other than ‘Forrest Gump’ and ‘The Green Mile,’ which I was offered and should have done, and ‘Splash’ was written for me, I still like my career better because of what I specifically contribute to it.” Travolta said he also had to turn down the role that went to Richard Gere in “An Officer and a Gentleman” because he was busy getting his pilot’s license

Central Perk
04-11-2007, 01:22 PM
John Travolta says he has no career regrets — except, maybe, that he’s not Tom Hanks. “I wouldn’t trade [my career] for anyone’s except Tom Hanks’, I don’t think,” the “Wild Hogs” star told the London Independent. “Other than ‘Forrest Gump’ and ‘The Green Mile,’ which I was offered and should have done, and ‘Splash’ was written for me, I still like my career better because of what I specifically contribute to it.” Travolta said he also had to turn down the role that went to Richard Gere in “An Officer and a Gentleman” because he was busy getting his pilot’s license

I'm kind of over John Travolta. Anyone else? :lol:

Ireneparalegal
04-11-2007, 01:49 PM
JOHN TRAVOLTA IS MY MAN!!!!!!!! YOU GO BABY!!!!!:D :eyes: :kiss:

hatwink
04-12-2007, 12:29 PM
It would've been an interesting turn if John was Forrest Gump.He still kicked it in "Saturday Night Fever", so he will always be cool with me.

dlemond
04-13-2007, 07:58 PM
I don't see Travolta in The Green Mile role.
I don't think he would have worked half as well as Hanks.

Forrest Gump would have been interesting, to see what Travolta could have done with the character.

I might be in the minority here, but I think that is a pretty overrated performance (Hanks) in a seriously overrated movie (The Shawshank Redemption and Pulp Fiction were both better films and lost to Forrest Gump at the Academy Awards).

TJL
04-13-2007, 08:05 PM
And I'm sure Tom Hanks would have killed to star in "Perfect" and "Two Of A Kind."

;)

Pitooey
04-13-2007, 10:38 PM
And I'm sure Tom Hanks would have killed to star in "Perfect" and "Two Of A Kind."

;)


:rofl: Especially the movie Perfect when Jamie Lee Curtis is doing those pelvic plunge exercises. (Just imagine Tom Hanks face)...

Ireneparalegal
04-13-2007, 10:55 PM
And I'm sure Tom Hanks would have killed to star in "Perfect" and "Two Of A Kind."

;)


And let's not forget the movie MOMENT BY MOMENT where John Travolta and Lily Tomlin played lovers. :eek:

The Flying Dutchmans
04-14-2007, 05:49 AM
C'mon Tom hanks can do anything, I like travolta, but when he went up against cage in face off, I think cage stold the movie, Tom hanks on the other hand is just wonderful, I love everything tom does, not true with travolta, some believe his best role was Tony Minerro in saturday night fever, I believe it was danny zuko in grease, Tom is a realist, he once admitted that he was not good Producing and directing and said he was sticking with acting.

Pitooey
04-14-2007, 10:21 AM
And let's not forget the movie MOMENT BY MOMENT where John Travolta and Lily Tomlin played lovers. :eek:


Imagine Tom Hanks with Lily Tomlin... Do they look better together? Hmmmmmm? :confused:

catlover79
04-14-2007, 04:19 PM
And let's not forget the movie MOMENT BY MOMENT where John Travolta and Lily Tomlin played lovers. :eek:
I saw that movie once on one of our local stations. It was the Sunday Afternoon movie. Even as a PRE-TEEN I knew that movie was horrible. No wonder it was never commercially released on video or DVD, and only rarely appears on TV. No wonder John Travolta offered to do a movie FOR FREE for Universal if they would've shelved it. Wasn't WBK still on at that time??

Couldn't you see Tom in Saturday Night Fever or Grease? Urban Cowboy?? :rofl: They both know about dressing in drag (JT in the upcoming Hairspray; TH in Bosom Buddies). I could see JT in Bachelor Party, but I can't see TH as Barbarino. :rofl:

MikeFan
04-16-2007, 10:54 AM
I don't think John could have pulled off Forrest Gump. :p