9. Hairspray
This 2007 romantic musical film was based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name. Travolta went totally outside the box for this role, dressing up as a woman to play Edna Turnblad. Set in Baltimore, Maryland in the 1960s, the integration of whites and blacks was a hotbed issue. Travolta’s Edna was the mother of Tracy, played by Nikki Blonsky, who desperately wanted to be on the town’s most popular local show, The Corny Collins Show so she could show off her dancing skills and support whites and blacks dancing together. With an all-star cast including Queen Latifah, James Marsden, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brittany Snow, Allison Janney and High School Musical sensation Zac Efron, Travolta shined as the reclusive Edna. Travolta got to show off his dancing and singing chops as well, which couldn’t have been easy in that fat suit, but he did it with flair and pizzazz!
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