The plot for the unproduced sequel Hairspray 2: White Lipstick was outrageously bizarre. The films Pink Flamingos, Cry-Baby, and Serial Mom starring Kathleen Turner made John Waters a cult favourite. He has also acted in a number of noteworthy productions, such as “Homer’s Phobia” on The Simpsons, “Seed of Chucky,” and “Feud,” where he portrayed his hero and fellow director William Castle (House on Haunted Hill).
His 1988 film Hairspray, one of his most well-known, was also his first to obtain a PG rating. In the movie Hairspray, which starred Divine, Debbie Harry (Videodrome), and Ricki Lake, a fat teenage girl gets a regular spot on a popular dance show in the 1960s and uses her notoriety to fight for racial inclusion. In the years that followed, the film gained cult status and was subsequently turned into a very popular Broadway musical, which was then turned into a film in 2007.
Zac Efron, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Marsden, and John Travolta (From Paris With Love) were among the remarkable cast members assembled for the blockbuster movie Hairspray, which also produced a soundtrack that sold platinum. The idea of a sequel quickly surfaced, and John Waters was tapped to pen the script. Waters can’t write anything safe or generic, and he subsequently revealed to Broadway World, a show set in the late 1960s, his unrealized idea for Hairspray 2: White Lipstick.
