WHO'S THE HAIR APPARENT?
New Line Cinema is launching a nationwide casting call to fill the lead role of Tracy Turnblad in its film version of the Broadway adaptation of the 1988 film
Hairspray,
Variety reports. (
Ricki Lake played the tempestuous teen on the big screen, while
Stacked's
Marissa Jaret Winokur originated the stage portrayal.) As for some of the other major characters, the studio is in talks with
John Travolta,
Billy Crystal and
Queen Latifah to play Edna Turnblad, Wilbur Turnblad and Motormouth Maybelle, respectively. I'd love to see Travolta keep his
Battlefield Earth dreadlocks.
