Kelly Preston amazed by husband’s John Gotti performance

Actress Kelly Preston was left stunned by her husband John Travolta’s transformation as mob boss John Gotti.
The real-life couple portray John and Victoria Gotti in actor/director Kevin Connolly’s new movie The Life and Death of John Gotti, which features the Dapper Don’s son, John, Jr. among its producers, and Kelly admits fans will be amazed by her man’s latest role as the head of the Gambino crime family, once the largest and most powerful crime organisation in America.
“I looked at him and the way he looked at me was so completely… I felt like I was in John Gotti’s arms,” Preston tells news show Entertainment Tonight. “It sent chills (down my back).”
“It’s amazing,” Connolly adds. “The first day, when we actually got to see him (Travolta) walk onto set as John Gotti, and you know (in) the fancy suit, it’s just… (he) really comes to life.”
And Kelly admits getting the chance to act alongside her husband was a special experience: “We have the friendship and we have the rapport, so you can see the intimacy,” the 53-year-old tells the outlet.
“For us to be in a movie where we’re playing other people is so much fun, and that’s what we kind of live for – to have that creative experience together,” Travolta adds.
The 62-year-old Pulp Fiction star is getting used to playing real-life people after picking up an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of attorney Robert Shapiro in the critically acclaimed The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and he admits he takes roles like this very seriously.
“I think that I don’t want to disappoint,” he explains. “I mean, when I played Robert Shapiro, he was so familiar that I felt like it had to be accurate to a certain degree, in order to lure the audience in. I feel the same way here, but even more so. I don’t want people to think of John Travolta in this role. I want them to only think John Gotti.”
The movie is set to hit cinemas in 2017.