John Travolta once again turned heads as he stepped out with his striking new look during the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. The 72-year-old movie legend was back just hours after being trolled by fans when he took to the red carpet on Friday sporting a beige beret and dyed beard.
On Saturday, Travolta was once again modelling kooky headwear, this time a black beret with matching spectacles, at a photocall for his new movie Propeller One-Way Night Coach. Looking slimmer than ever, he cut a stylish figure in an all-black ensemble featuring a velvet shirt and skinny trousers.
Travolta was joined by his daughter Ella Bleu, 26, who stars in the film, looking stylish in a black and white dress. The actor and trained pilot has written and directed the movie, which follows a young aviation enthusiast and his mother on a cross-country flight to Hollywood that transforms into a life-changing journey.
On Friday, Travolta looked near-unrecognisable as he modelled a cream beret and gold spectacles, showing off a trimmer frame. Not content with his bookish new look, he pulled a series of zany poses on the red carpet, flashing peace signs and dramatically throwing his hands into the air.
His transformation was swiftly roasted by fans online, with comments such as: "Who is that?" and "The hat is fine but what's with the beard? He's in his 70's and his beard is black lmao." Others praised the star, writing: "Wow. He looks like a real artist now."
Travolta was later seen weeping as he was presented with an honorary Palme d'Or ahead of the world premiere of his directorial debut. He said: "This is beyond the Oscar. Surprise complement! I can't believe this. This is the last thing I expected." He thanked Cannes director Thierry Fremaux, saying: "When I met with you in November, I had no expectation that my film would be accepted. And when Thierry said it was not only accepted but it was making history because it would be the first film ever accepted that early, I cried like a baby because I just couldn't believe it."
The movie is based on Travolta's 1997 children's book of the same name, which was a tribute to his lifelong passion for aviation and inspired by his childhood memories of watching planes take off from LaGuardia airport in New York. Travolta and his late wife, Kelly Preston, also share sons Ben, 15, and the late Jett, who died in 2009 aged 16 after suffering a seizure during a family vacation in the Bahamas.
