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You may be used to seeing him in tough gangster roles in such films as Pulp Fiction, Swordfish, and Face/Off, but John Travolta is gender bending with the best of them in the silver screen revival of Hairspray. But some gay rights activists have a problem with it.
Originally, a transvestite cult actor named Divine played Edna Turnblad in John Waters? 1988 film. And now that Travolta has reprised the role, prominent gay voices are speaking out, saying he has ?no business playing an iconic gay role.?
Their beef? His Scientology background. This isn?t the first time Scientology has caused strife for actors. Tom Cruise is experiencing resistance from a German family for his role in a new WWII movie about a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.