Interviews Conducted by Robert J. Beck

How did you become John Travolta’s stunt double?

Travolta started in 1995 I was asked to come visit the set of Pulp Fiction
There we met and he asked that I drop a picture and resume in his
 trailer .Both of us being from Jersey we immediately clicked .I then was
 hired by a stunt coordinator to double him on White Mans Burden which
 turned out to be good show to get started with him .I then didn’t hear
 anything till he did Get Shorty where, from what I understand, the stunt
coordinator had his buddy come in to double him when JT said “hey like
 him but can you get me the Italian guy that doubled me on White Mans
Burden?” He evidently forgot my name but it worked out great as I was
leaving the lot of Paramount working on Star Trek I got the call from
Brian Smrz that JT requested me and the rest was history.

What was it like working with John Travolta?

I officially became JT's double on Get Shorty... After that, we had developed a great friendship and went on to work on 13 films in a 7-year span. The great thing with John was that it was a family or entourage of sorts that worked for him. We all travelled together, took vacations, smoked cigars, treated to all the posh restaurants, and were all part of something great at the time. Some of the best gags were done on Face/Off, Broken Arrow, and General's Daughter. That one was truly a one-in-a-million dream job!