NEW YORK: John Travolta says his upcoming performance as an infamous New York mafia boss will offer audiences a movie they can't refuse. The star, set to play late Gambino crime family boss John Gotti joined director Nick Cassavetes and the mobster's son John “Junior” Gotti to reveal details about the film “Gotti: Three Generations.” “This is probably the most interesting untold story in this country. What a character to approach!” Travolta told a press conference in New York, where the film, also starring Joe Pesci and possibly Lindsay Lohan, will be shot later this year. Travolta, wearing a green tie and his hair close-cropped, called Gotti, who died in prison in 2002, an old school mafioso who lived by “a moral code.” “I like the glamor he had,” Travolta said. “He charmed the press, he charmed his family.” The film, due for release in 2012, will co-star Pesci as Gotti's deputy Angelo Ruggiero, and possibly also Lohan, who attended the press conference alongside a row of bejeweled Gotti family members. – Agence France
