John Travolta, hero of Flip/Face, Grease or Pulp Fiction, made a surprising discovery about his new project. According to BBCThe plot of his next film will be very close to his experience on board the plane he piloted in 1992.
It’s a 38-minute short film called The Shepherd that will be available on December 1st on Disney+. Directed by Ian Soft, the work is adapted from the novel by Frederick Forsyth.
The story takes place on Christmas Eve 1957. A young RAF pilot goes missing over the North Sea. Alone, his radio broken, he has only minutes of fuel left when a shadow emerges from the fog. Shepherd! We call the shepherd the aircraft responsible for guiding the aircraft in trouble.
He follows it without hesitation, and soon the airfield markers appear, and the shepherd disappears… Only after landing does the pilot realize that he has just experienced a good strange adventure. John Travolta plays the pilot of this emergency device in the short film.
In an interview with the BBC, John Travolta explained that he had a similar experience on a small business jet 30 years ago. “I experienced a complete blackout in Washington before I discovered the book”The 69-year-old actor explained.
“When I read the novel, it immediately matched my experience. I know what it’s like to think you’re going to die. I had both engines in good condition, but I didn’t have any tools left, the entire electrical system was damaged.” Trusts Travolta.
“I really thought it was over, as did this guy who played the shepherd brilliantly. Ben Radcliffe. He was able to transcribe that despair that comes over you when you think you’re really going to die.”continues the actor.
“I had my family on board and I said to myself, ‘This is it, I can’t believe I’m going to die on this plane.’ And then, like a miracle, we went down and I saw the Washington Monument, and I saw Washington National Airport right next to it, and I landed. So , I’m reading this book and thinking: I’ve been through this.”The artist, also an experienced pilot, points out.
Travolta dreamed of adapting the book thirty years ago and saw himself in the suit of a young pilot who faces difficulties. “I was young enough to play this role at the time”he jokes. “But I had to wait 30 years to play a shepherd”.
The Shepherd will be available on Disney+ on December 1st.
Source: Allocine
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