Pulp Fictionis a seminal movie in a couple of ways.

Then he cemented his status in the decade-defining coming-of-age dancing dramaSaturday Night Fever.

It wasn’t untilQuentin Tarantino’s 1994 game-changing movie that Travolta was given a new life in Hollywood.

Uma Thurman and John Travolta dancing in Pulp Fiction on a red background

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Specifically,he dug into his research to embody Vincent Vega’s character and drug use.

“Why do we feel it’s necessary to yak about bulls**t to be comfortable?”

But, for Travolta, that was only a starting point.

Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction

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So, Travolta did exactly that.

And the research enabled Travolta to accurately depict a dope fiend when you look back at his performance.

Vincent Vega smoking and looking inside a briefcase in Pulp Fiction

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The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

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