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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: In the Broadway version, [[Glee|Will Schuester]] plays Link. |
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: In the Broadway version, [[Glee|Will Schuester]] plays Link. |
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* [[Recursive Adaptation]]: From movie to Broadway musical and back again. |
* [[Recursive Adaptation]]: From movie to Broadway musical and back again. |
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: James Marsden beat out his X-Men co-star [[Hugh Jackman]] and [[N Sync|Joey McIntyre]] for the part of Corny Collins. |
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** Queen Latifah won out over Aretha Franklin. |
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** Christopher Walken was chosen over Billy Crystal. |
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** Mamie Van Doren was originally picked for Velma in the original film. |
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** John Waters wrote a sequel to the 2007 movie titled ''Hairspray 2: White Lipstick'', detailing everyone's struggles to adjust to new music trends of the late 1960s. Plot points he shared included the African-American dancers planning an all-Black music program, Link becoming [[Fake Brit]] to attract fans of [[The Beatles]], and Edna losing weight through weight loss pills. New numbers included Link having a [[Mushroom Samba]] and singing with his pimples, and Edna gorging back all the weight she lost after learning that Wilbur thinks she looked better when she looked fat. |
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Revision as of 22:08, 16 January 2015
- Acting for Two: Divine played both Edna Turnblad and Arvin Hodgepile. Waters had to give Glen Milstead a male role because he was getting sick of doing drag for film roles. Milstead insisted that he wasn't a drag queen in Hairspray because what drag queen would dare be so frumpy?
- All-Star Cast: Played with. The 2007 movie had several all star members (John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah, and Zac Efron to name a few), but these were mostly secondary roles, whereas the main role went to entirely new actress Nikki Blonsky.
- Billing Displacement: It was advertised starring John Travolta (in drag!). Nikkie Blonsky gets an "And introducing" after the long list of all the other celebrities "starring" in the movie.
- Dyeing for Your Art: Amanda Bynes ate so many lollipops during filming there were some genuine concerns she might lose her teeth. Rumors place it at around 40 a day. John Travolta's fat suit couldn't have been all that pleasant either.
- Fan Nickname: Amongst the cast, "You Can't Stop the Beat", due to the intense dancing and fast pace, garnered the nickname "You Can't Stop To Breathe".
- Hey, It's That Guy!: In the Broadway version, Will Schuester plays Link.
- Recursive Adaptation: From movie to Broadway musical and back again.
- What Could Have Been: James Marsden beat out his X-Men co-star Hugh Jackman and Joey McIntyre for the part of Corny Collins.
- Queen Latifah won out over Aretha Franklin.
- Christopher Walken was chosen over Billy Crystal.
- Mamie Van Doren was originally picked for Velma in the original film.
- John Waters wrote a sequel to the 2007 movie titled Hairspray 2: White Lipstick, detailing everyone's struggles to adjust to new music trends of the late 1960s. Plot points he shared included the African-American dancers planning an all-Black music program, Link becoming Fake Brit to attract fans of The Beatles, and Edna losing weight through weight loss pills. New numbers included Link having a Mushroom Samba and singing with his pimples, and Edna gorging back all the weight she lost after learning that Wilbur thinks she looked better when she looked fat.