John Travolta Steps Out as Gangster John Gotti While Filming in Brooklyn

The actor was spotted Tuesday in the borough.

John Travolta has been photographed for the first time as infamous mobster John Gotti on the set of his new movie about New York’s "Teflon Don."

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Travolta was captured on camera while strolling the streets of Brooklyn with his mob henchmen for the upcoming film, The Life & Death of John Gotti.

The scenes were shot on Tuesday and the Pulp Fiction actor donned greyed locks, a red turtleneck and brown blazer with a pinky ring, the attire of the notorious mob boss.

Fans from the Brooklyn neighborhoods where they filmed on Tuesday came out to take photos of the star playing the man also known as "The Dapper Don." 

@olv...on the set John Travolta filming the movie The life and death of John Gotti in Brooklyn #johntravolta #brooklyn #ontheset #filming pic.twitter.com/pUz4oGPRrb

— FrankSly (@sly_frank) February 22, 2017

Bidding farewell to John Travolta. Shooting John Gotti movie in Bath Beach today. St. Finbar happy to help. pic.twitter.com/MiXu1Ji9kv

— Fr. Michael Gelfant (@frgelfant) February 21, 2017

On set of ?The Life and Death of John Gotti with John Travolta as Gotti pic.twitter.com/OdNxXXNJXZ

— Mario Bosco (@mariobosco) February 22, 2017

The film, which is being directed by Entourage star Kevin Connolly and also stars Travolta’s real-life wife Kelly Preston, follows Gotti’s life as he rose to power in the 1970s. 

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The film also stars Travolta and Preston’s daughter, Ella Bleu, as Gotti’s daughter, Angel.

Gotti, who was the head of the Gambino Crime Family, passed away in prison in 2002. He was 61.

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