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Margaret Cho revealed one of John Travolta’s most delicious secrets from the set of Face/Off.
On a podcast episode of PEOPLE in the ‘90s, Cho, who played Wanda in the 1997 action movie, said she would eat “beef wellington and boysenberry pie” in Travolta’s trailer while they were filming nearly every day.
Cho recalled that Travolta, who starred as an FBI agent alongside Nicolas Cage in Face/Off, had a specific affinity for boysenberry pies, as compared to blueberry or other kinds of fruit pies.
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“One time, I saw John eat an entire boysenberry pie,” she continued. “A whole pie, without slices. He just ate the pie with a fork.”
Cho called it “great” and compared Travolta’s untamed approach to eating the nine-inch, freshly baked pies to a king’s behavior. She added that there was never any cream or ice cream on it either.
“He’s like the closest thing to a king I’ve ever been around,” Cho joked.
However, indulging in the baked steak dish and rich pie slices between takes led to some issues with the wardrobe department. Cho said her costume, which she was meant to wear throughout filming for a year, became too tight.
Cho explained that costume designers had to sew an elastic panel about three inches wide in the back of her suit “to make it fit.”
“They were so mad at me,” Cho said.
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Almost three decades later, Face/Off is set for a sequel. Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard is set to helm the feature and write the script alongside Simon Barrett. Both Neil Moritz and David Permut are slated to produce the highly anticipated movie for Paramount.
It is unclear if Cho, Travolta, and Cage will return to their roles, but the latter offered some hope for fans during an interview with Comicbook back in 2022.
Regarding the sequel, Cage hinted, “There have been some phone calls with Neal [Moritz].”
