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John Travolta likes being a guy and he wouldn¿t change his sex for anything. I know this because he tells me.
?I?m on such a roll as a man, I think I would like to continue this way for another lifetime or two,? he says with a smile, taking a manly bite out of a chocolate chip cookie. As surreal as this improbable scenario seems, there is an explanation. Thirty years after Grease, Travolta has returned to musicals ? as a woman. Or rather, he is playing a woman. And a very large one at that.
Helped by several layers of latex moulding, the man who shook his hips opposite Olivia Newton John has transformed himself into overweight housewife Edna Turnblad for the ? deep breath ? movie adaptation of the Broadway musical version of John Waters? 1988 cult comedy, Hairspray.
It is a bit of a shock. And even Travolta can?t quite seem to get his head around his casting.
?I never in a million years thought I would be doing this,? says the trim 53-year-old. ?For 30 years I?ve been playing a macho leading man and when I was offered it I said ?Why me? What have I done to deserve that you think I should do this?? ?