3. John Travolta - Vince Vega
Once upon a time, John Travolta was the most happening dude on the planet. Tall, good looking and with hips that could hypnotise women and gay men in a heartbeat. Not long after, he was in straight to video nonsense, providing voices for cute, ickle babies. And not long after that those lethal weapon hips were buried under approximately 30 pounds of flab courtesy of the fast food industry. So it was with a collective raised eyebrow that the world greeted the news of his casting as the hitman Vince Vega in Quentin Tarantinos Pulp Fiction. In fact, just being cast at all caused everyone to do their very best Roger Moore impression. Had the praise for Reservoir Dogs and True Romance got to the enfant terribles head? Was he now proving himself to be a one hit wonder? Which came first - the chicken or the egg? All these questions, and more, abounded. Now, usually when an out of shape star is cast, said star is teamed up with a world-class physical instructor and a glut of carefully prescribed steroids.ahem.chicken and protein shakes. But not our John. John turned up as is - a look that is de rigeur out in the mobile home park of Honkyville, Tennessee. But Tarantino, and Travolta, had pulled the rabbit out of the hat once again. Travoltas turn as the laconic, pop-cultured, drug dabbling, pop tart-snacking killer was a revelation - and was the Ying to Samuel L Jacksons fire-and-brimstone Yang. Take your pick from blowing a kids head off, to arguing about cleaning it up, to debating the virtues of not eating pork, to debating the metric system, to dancing with Uma Thurman, each once is iconic in and of itself.