Olivia Newton-John’s real reason for breaking John Travolta’s heart

Until her death at the age of 73 in August 2022, the Xanadu The star was left wondering what could have happened. As she recalled in her 2019 memoir, sparks immediately flew on set. “When we walked into the room together it was magical and everyone saw it,” Newton-John wrote. “Yes, we really liked each other and there was an attraction.”

While the pair have often played down rumors of a real-life romance – and even shared a steamy smooch at the official afterparty after the premiere of Fat – they denied dating for a long time and insisted they were all involved with other people during filming. However, their costars, including Didi Conn, were not convinced.

The actress, who played Frenchy in the hit film, remembers that John loved Newton-John. As Conn tells it, the leading man pulled his counterpart in for the “juiciest kiss” in one video — and Newton-John wasn’t mad about it.

“You can tell she’s surprised for a moment, and then she reacts. It’s juicy and amazing,” says Conn, 74.

“They weren’t acting at that moment. It was like he had his chance and he was going to take it. It was real, it really was.” (Director Randal Kleiser toyed with the idea of ​​having the couple kiss again — in the film’s final scene when their car goes up in the air — but ultimately decided against it.)

Newton-John had always been Travolta’s dream girl. “If you were a young man in the ’70s, and I’m sure a lot of you were there, if you remember that album cover of Olivia with that blue shirt on, with those big blue eyes staring right at you, the dream of every boy, every man was, ‘Oh, I would love for that girl to be my girlfriend,’” he said.