Travolta Stars in Movie About Oppressed Muslim Youth In Paris - Muslim Youth Threaten Crew and Torch Their Cars
Filming of a new John Travolta movie on a deprived Paris housing estate has been cancelled - after rioting youths torched ten of the production’s cars and threatened crew.
'From Paris With Love' was meant to have highlighted social problems in the grim suburbs which surround the French capital.
Jobs as extras and support staff were even offered to largely immigrant residents who are plagued by unemployment and discrimination.
But within days of arrived in Les Bosquets, a high rise estate in Montfermeil, in the notorious Seine-Saint-Denis north of the capital, violence broke out.
‘All ten of the vehicles set to be used in the film were burnt out and there were threats aimed at support crew,’ said a production spokesman.
‘There’s no now possibility of Mr Travolta or any of the other stars of the film operating in such a dangerous area.
'The scenes we were mean to do here will now be shot elsewhere.’
‘From Paris With Love’, which will also star British actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers, will be legendary French director Luc Besson’s last film.
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