Should've Played Edna Turnblat
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Harvey Fierstein
drwho — 18 years ago(July 06, 2007 03:30 PM)
By Casting John Travolta, the makers of the musical version of Hairspray have spit upon the memory of Divine. Casting Harvey Fierstein would've made more sense proper because a) he played Edna on the stage, and b) it would've been more fitting for a gay person to play the role. This is a travesty.
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SataiDelen — 15 years ago(September 03, 2010 01:24 AM)
I was shocked and dismayed to see Travolta in the role as well. I mean, I like Travolta, but he was just very wrong for that part. Plus, NO ONE can play the part like Divine! She was just AWESOME in that movie as Mrs. Turnblad.
I never thought of Mr. Fierstein for the role, but yes, he probably would have done 10 times better in the role than Travolta.
I would like to imagine though, that had Divine lived, perhaps she would have considered revising her role in the new film. -