Return to Daily Rumor Mill - News Headlines - Close Frame [X] Travolta Won't Reprise 'Hairspray' Role? John Travolta tells Australia's The Sunday Herald Sun that he won't be back for the recently announced Hairspray sequel. "I think once is enough", Travolta said of playing his cross-dressing, fat-suited role of Edna Turnblad. "I did it and I did it well but I'm not a big sequel guy".