The movie ended up starring Richard Gere in a breakthrough role, with Diller adding that Gere "would go on to break up my ...

In his new memoir, Barry Diller writes that he thought Travolta's excuses for leaving the film at the time were just cover.

John Travolta’s reasons for pulling out of the movie American Gigolo in the late 1970s are apparently up for debate. In his ...

In his juicy tell-all memoir, Barry Diller remembers the real reason John Travolta got cold feet over 'American Gigolo.' ...

Barry Diller claims John Travolta exited ‘American Gigolo’ because of the “somewhat gay subtext”. John, 71, was originally tapped to take the leading role in the 1980 crime thriller about ...

Christopher Reeve walked away from some very significant roles after Superman — including one that made Richard Gere a star.

Riding high off of Grease‘s success, Diller was eager for Travolta to play the lead in a lurid neo-noir from new Hollywood hot-shot Paul Schrader, American Gigolo. The actor was already attached ...

Among the headline-grabbing revelations in his new memoir Who Knew, Fox Broadcasting Company co-founder Barry Diller sheds light on John Travolta’s infamous exit from 1980’s American Gigolo ...

I never say yes to these things. But when I mentioned it to my teenage daughter she said: ‘Mum, get over yourself, you’re ...