In de dit jaar uitkomende film Be Cool speelt John Travolta opnieuw de rol van Chili Palmer, de filmproducer die we leerden kennen in Get Shorty uit 1995. Deze keer raakt Palmer betrokken in de muziekindustrie als Edie (gespeeld door Uma Thurman) een platenmaatschappij erft. De cast bestaat uit onder andere James Woods, Vince Vaughn, Harvey Keitel, The Rock, Cedric the Entertainer, Danny DeVito en Andre 3000 van Outkast.
Website Comingsoon.net had een gesprek met John Travolta over Be Cool.
[eng]Is Chili Palmer your favorite role?
Oh, not particularly. I've loved all my parts. Chili's one of my favorites, for sure. He's just like a cool guy. He's like the James Bond of the street.
He's also a guy who's like a little boy, full of enthusiasm for his passions.
Your director, F. Gary Gray, believes that the music business is more dangerous than the movie business. What's your take on it?
Probably yes, because I think the Mafia influence in the music industry, there's evidence of it. And I have a, well, probably early on, even before Grease, when I did records, even as a kid, I could sense the leveraging going on around me. So it definitely was a heavier vibe.[/eng]
Lees de rest van het interview hier.
