Hairspray to get Punk’d?
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Now that the “Hairspray” craze is finally dying down, we have some MTV-related news to report on. While on the set, director Adam Shankman frequently played practical jokes on the cast. He tried to convince them that they were on the MTV show “Punk’d,” and even tricked the movie’s star into thinking she didn’t get the part after all:
[Nikki Blonsky, "Hairspray star"] says, “I would come to the set and go, ‘There is no way I’m really here, you guys! Did I really get the part? Am I really here?’
“Then one day, [the director] looked at me and said, ‘I just want to let you know, we’re punking you. It’s probably the most expensive Punk’d in the history of Punk’d.’ I was like, ‘Wait. Are you serious?’ “
Mean! At least it didn’t turn out to actually be an episode of Punk’d, that would just be cruel. To see more pictures of Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, and Amanda Bynes at TRL, click “read the rest of this entry.”
“Room 401,” a new hidden camera show from MTV, will attempt to scare unwitting show participants by using movie-like special effects. These effects are based on actual movie scenarios, so expect to see Hollywood gore, evil monsters, and maybe even a terror threat or two. Here’s what 
