John Travolta reveals his love for ‘breathtaking’ Aussie blonde actress – and he’s NOT talking about Olivia Newton-John

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Fans of John Travolta might think he has a soft spot for beautiful blonde actresses from Down Under.

The Hollywood legend inspired a generation of romantic summer fans half a century ago with his duet with Australian film star Olivia Newton-John in Grease.

And now Travolta hopes to create an equally lasting moment with the nation’s newest favorite daughter: Margot Robbie.

The 70-year-old didn’t have to think twice when asked about his “dream colleague” during a rare interview with young Australian property magnates Shane Spiteri and Kirsty Cunningham for their upcoming podcast Beyond the Sale.

“Margot Robbie…oh my god, you can only dream about it,” Travolta revealed in the yet-to-be-aired interview.

“I really love her and she was in one of my favorite shows: Pan Am.”

Robbie landed her breakthrough role in the American airline drama series after moving to Hollywood following a four-year stint on the Australian soap opera Neighbours.

The 70-year-old actor is a well-known aviation enthusiast and amateur pilot

Although the series only lasted one season, her starring role as newly graduated flight attendant Laura Cameron launched her career in America.

Robbie has since gone on to play impressive roles in a series of films, including The Wolf of Wall Street, The Big Short and Barbie.

Travolta said he accidentally asked the 34-year-old star if she had pursued her childhood dream of becoming a flight attendant for the series.

‘I first met her at the Oscars two years ago and I said, ‘I saw your show Pan Am, you know, it was so good, you were so good, I heard you always wanted to be a flight attendant? ‘

“She said, “No! I always wanted to be a pilot!” and I said, “Really,” I said, “That’s really interesting.”

Aviation enthusiast Travolta, a fully qualified pilot who flies his own Boeing 707 jet, said he couldn’t resist pointing out a gaffe in one of Robbie’s films.

I said, “You know, in your movie [Once Upon A Time In Hollywood] “There was a mistake in it,” the actor said in the upcoming podcast

“The Pan Am 747 didn’t go into service until January 1970, but (the film is set) in the fall of 1969, and Leo DiCaprio is flying a 747 to Europe. That would have been impossible.”

Margot Robbie got her breakthrough role in Hollywood in the American aviation drama Pan Am

The series only lasted one season, but launched Robbie’s career on the big screen in the US

Travolta said he was impressed by Robbie’s concern about how the film’s director, Quentin Tarantino, would react when he learned about the aviation anachronism.

“I said, ‘I don’t know, but it’s fun to think about whether he would protect it — justify it, whatever — but I’m going to see Quentin in about a month and I’m going to tell him then!’

‘I know where he got it from – (the 747) was tested in 1969 – but to get back to (Margot), the point was that rather than defending it, she was much more fascinated by how Quentin would react to it.

“And she wanted to be a pilot. Those two things made me like her even more. And she’s beautiful, just breathtaking.”

Travolta took part in the unexpected interview during an otherwise unremarkable plane trip with his children to Sydney last week.

The megastar flew in a private jet from Queenstown in New Zealand to Australia for a three-day stay with his 24-year-old daughter, actress Ella Bleu, and his son Benjamin, 13.

Travolta began learning to fly at age 15 and earned his first jet license in 1978, the same year his iconic movie musical Grease premiered in theaters and established his status as a popular leading man.