John Travolta explains new look after Cannes appearance turns heads

John Travolta wore round glasses and multiple colored berets while promoting Propeller One-Way Night Coach at the Cannes Film Festival. He said he dressed to impress by channeling the look of an auteur filmmaker. He looked up images of directors across decades and decided to wear berets and glasses as an homage to being a director. He also described how the distinctive outfit could make it easier to distinguish Cannes events when looking back at future photos. He received an honorary Palme d'Or from Cannes artistic director Thierry Frémaux ahead of the film’s world premiere, and he appeared visibly moved by the recognition.

"“I said, 'I'm a director this time,' Travolta explained. 'You're an actor, play the part of a director, look like an old-school director.'”"

"“So I looked up pictures from the twenties, thirties, fourties, fifties, sixties, and the old-school directors wore berets, and the glasses. And I thought, 'That's what I'm doing. I'm doing an homage to being a director, so I'm going to play the part of being a director.'”"

"“I've been around for over 50 years doing movies, but I can't tell, when I look back, the difference between the events,” he said, noting that now, “I'll know - 'Oh, that was Propeller One-Way Night Coach, that was Cannes, that's when I won the Palme d'Or,' and I'll have a vividness of it.”"

"“The film festival's artistic director, Thierry Frémaux, surprised Travolta with the honorary Palme d'Or ahead of his movie's world premiere Friday. Wearing a white beret, Travolta was visibly moved by the recognition and clutched his”"

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