A Scandalous Set Romance
John Travolta’s second film was called The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, released in 1976. The film was about a boy, played by Travolta, born with an underdeveloped immune system. In order to experience life without being infected by life-threatening germs, the boy moves around in a plastic bubble.
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Travolta’s character falls in love with the girl next door, named Gina. The actor also had a set romance. Not with Gina, but with the woman who played his mother in the film, Diana Hyland. This relationship was Travolta’s first romantic scandal, though not his last.