John Travolta thanks colleagues for promoting film, allowing more time to mourn son

John Travolta thanks colleagues for promoting film

LOS ANGELES — John Travolta is thanking his colleagues from “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ for promoting the film while he continues to mourn the death of his 16-year-old son, Jett, who died after a seizure in January.

Travolta posted a note on his personal Web site Monday thanking “Pelham” director Tony Scott and co-stars Denzel Washington, John Turturro, Luis Guzman and James Gandolfini for “their unselfish efforts” publicizing the picture, which allowed his family the additional time to reconcile their loss.

The 55-year-old actor also thanked Scott for “the freedom to define, and then to become, the ultimate evil mastermind.”