Edna Turnblad Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
13th July 2007
Quote: "Everyone wanted to feel those breasts and that butt. I was so inviting." John Travolta believes he was the object of many men's desires while playing larger-than-life character EDNA TURNBLAD in new movie HAIRSPRAY.
5th February 2007
Quote: "Give me a woman with some big fat legs. I said I want her to look like Sophia Loren with some flesh." John Travolta on his gender-bending role as EDNA TURNBLAD in new movie musical HAIRSPRAY.
22nd March 2006
Fact: Billy Crystal is in negotiations to play John Travolta's husband in movie musical remake HAIRSPRAY. Travolta has already signed on to play larger-than-life EDNA TURNBLAD in the project.
17th January 2006
Quote: <p>"I always wanted the guy who played Hannibal Lecter to play DIVINE's role... He'd look good in that red fishtail gown." Quirky film-maker John Waters dreamed of SIR Anthony Hopkins playing EDNA TURNBLAD in the remake of his cult musical HAIRSPRAY. </p>
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