How to smoke like a villain, according to John Travolta

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Every actor has their own methodological approach to the art of acting. There are those who will coil their nervous energy, pacing up and down trailers like big cats on the prowl until that energy is taut and ready to release on an unsuspecting co-lead. Others refuse to leave the bounds of their character's universe, refusing to bathe for weeks on end or, even more extreme, pulling out teeth and slashing their faces in the search for the authentic experience. John Travolta just decides that, if his character's a bad guy, he'll smoke a cigarette.

And, yet, as blog Movies, Films, and Flix's illuminating investigations into the subject have uncovered; Travolta's art of smoking actually serves as a surprisingly revelatory character tool, as revealed in five of his meanest, cruellest characters to hit the big screen.