-John Travolta and Jimmy Fallon for the first time.
-Oh, my gosh! -You think you're dreamin'.
-[ Laughs ] It's happening. It's finally happening.
The first time I met you --
I got to say, first of all, thank you for being here.
But the first time I met you, I asked you -- I begged you
to be part of my Golden Globe opening.
I hosted the Golden Globes, and you nicely said yes.
-You took good care of me.
-You hit a home run, man.
-Aww, thanks. -You hit a grand slam.
You came out -- It was you, Sterling K. Brown,
and Courtney B. Vance.
Look at this.
This is you right there, just hittin' the pose.
And just everyone --
[ Cheers and applause ]
I mean, I don't even know if you know who you are,
because you're you,
but people love you so much. -Aww, Jimmy.
-Everybody on the set was freaking out.
I mean, our director, everyone was like,
"Oh, my gosh, he's gonna do the thing.
He's gonna do the thing!" And I go, "I know, calm down. He's gonna do the thing."
And then, your beautiful wife was there.
Kelly Preston, she was there.
And she was -- I was trying to be cool next to her,
but I was freaking out, too, so I was like, "Oh, my God!"
And then I'm going, "Hey, Kelly, it's cool."
And you just nailed it. I just loved it so much.
And I just -- I just got to tell you
that I'm one of your biggest fans ever.
I'm stuttering because I'm just a big fan.
-Thank you for loving me so much.
-I really do.
-Aww, Jimmy.
-You went to Brooklyn, was it yesterday?
[ Woman cheers ] You know what I'm talking about?
-Oh, you were there.
-Dude, it was a scene in Brooklyn yesterday.
-Yeah, it was exciting.
10,000 people showed up.
-Bay Ridge, baby! -Bay Ridge, baby!
Absolutely, yeah.
-And it was wonderful, because, you know,
the borough of Brooklyn is really my blueprint,
foundation for my whole career.
"Welcome Back, Kotter," "Saturday Night Fever,"
"Get Shorty," now "Gotti."
-And now "Gotti", exactly. Brooklyn loves you.
-They do, and I love them.
-But you went back to the pizzeria
that you were in "Saturday Night Fever,"
where you're like, "Two, please. Two."
-Lenny's, yeah. -And you got -- Look at this.
Look at the crowd and you.
This is awesome. Come on. [ Laughter ]
I mean, look at this. It's so fun.
There's your wife there in front of Lenny's Pizza in Brooklyn.
It was John Travolta Day in Brooklyn.
-And it felt the same as it did
the first day I walked down the street with that paint can.
There was about 10,000 people that day.
-Is that right? -Yes, yes.
-I mean, that movie was supposed to be, like, an art-house movie.
It wasn't even supposed -- -Absolutely.
It was this tiny, slice-of-life movie
that I thought would come and go.
And, boy, was I wrong.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
That is -- I mean it's -- I-I just love that.
Well, I love everything you do. -Aww, Jimmy.
-But I will say that I did an impre-- I mean, I started --
[ Audience "Aww"s ]
I'm never washing this cheek again!
I'll never -- I love it so much!
I did an impression of you to get on "Saturday Night Live."
I did Vinnie Barbarino. -Yeah, yeah.
-But I did you to -- as my audition.
-And you got the job.
-And I got the job. -Yeah!
-So, I mean, I owe you my career, so thank you so much.
But I freak out when I see that, and I go -- whenever I see --
In "Gotti," you're a totally different person.
I mean, that's -- this is...
Who did the makeup on this?
-That is Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine.
They're the best special-effects makeup people in the world.
-Oh, my gosh!
-This is when Gotti was dying in prison of cancer --
stage four cancer.
It was very, very impactful.
-Amazing job on the makeup.
I was like, "Dude, this doesn't even look anything like him."
-I know, it's crazy. -And you kind of talk a little
with the "youse" and "ay"s, "guys," this and that,
and, like, it's so --
-He had a very old-school accent.
-It really was. -Old-school Brooklyn accent.
-And what made you want to play Gotti?
-Well, the family actually asked me, believe it or not.
I thought, "Well, what can I do?"
-Whatever -- yeah, like, "Oh, sure, yeah!
What time would you want me on set?
I'm sorry. Yeah, sure.
I'll shoot right now."
"Don't say shoot." "Okay, yeah."
[ Laughter ]
-And although it took seven years
to actually come to fruition,
through many casts, very many scripts, many directors,
I think it was good prep,
because they were 24/7.
That family is lovely.
They helped us with all the data we needed for --
you know, to be our characters fully
and come to please them, you know?
-'Cause he was a Mafia boss.
I mean, he was a hitman. -Yeah.
He was all -- Listen, he lived by the sword, he died by the sword.
But he was also a passionate man about his family.
And John Gotti Jr. was there every day on the set
making sure we -- He quality controlled.
-[ Laughing ] Oh, my God.
I would've freaked out. Are you kidding me?
I would've been like, "How do we tell them to get off the set?"
Oh, my God. How much pressure?
Like, "Is that okay for you, John?"
[ New York accent ] "It's okay. It's all right.
It's all right. Yeah, it's okay."
[ Normal voice ] I'd be like, "Sure, okay."
-And Victoria, the mother -- and wife of John Sr. --
she was very valuable and helpful.
All the video, all of the family footage,
all that contributed to interpretation.
-And Kevin Connolly directed, did a great job directing it.
-Kevin did a great job.
-It opens with you just talking straight to the camera
and saying, "This is my story."
And then it goes into, like, almost, like --
You almost hear, like, that kind of good Italian --
It's almost like the...
[ Humming folk tune ]
It's almost like a...
And then it goes into this awesome Pitbull track.
-Yes. -And it gets, like...
-My man Pitbull. -...nasty!
It's good. I was like --
And then -- But it's all original words about Gotti.
I mean, this is a --
-Yes. -Pitbull wrote a full-on --
-He actually saw a photograph of the real Gotti and myself,
and he got so excited about the similarity that he said,
"Do you think it would be all right
if I wrote a song for your movie?"
I said, "We'd be privileged, honored, would love it."
And then he called back and said,
"Could I score your movie?"
-You're like, "You can be in the movie if you want to be!
You're Pitbull!" -You're Pitbull, man.
-You're the busiest guy in the world
and just make hits left and right.
It's great. It's a crusher.
You guys are going to flip.
You did a great job on this movie.
-Aww, thank you. -I want to show a clip.
Here's John Travolta in "Gotti." Take a look at this.
-Frank's father's been doing the fireworks for years.
-Probably the kid got two fingers.
-No, it's my gift to them,
to do the fireworks the way I like it.
That's not what I -- -Yeah, I hear you.
I love how they build up.
Now we're gettin' to the build-up.
-Look at this. -Aw, this is...right here.
All right, you want to have some fun?
-Let's go have some fun.
-[ Laughs ]
-Is there a problem here?
-We're shutting you down, Gotti.
This is an unpermitted street gathering,
and there are illegal fireworks on these premises.
-What are you talking about?
We've been doing this for 20 years!
-Let me ask you something.
You're gonna put these good people in jail
because they're proud of their country?
Is that right?
You got my lawyer on the phone?
-Standing by. -You got bail money?
-With interest. -Send 'em up!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Whoa! Hey! Oh! Hey!
Send 'em up! Ah, I love it.
"Gotti" this weekend, so go check it out in theaters.