Hairspray Live! college sophomore Maddie Baillio, as her first professional role. In November 2016, it was announced that Ricki Lake and Marissa Jaret Winokur (who portrayed Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 film and the Broadway version respectively) would make cameo appearances; Winokur and Lake appeared as employees of Mr. Pinky's boutique. Darren Criss served as an on-air host, hosting a half-hour "Countdown to Hairspray Live!" show on NBC with Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes, as well as behind-the-scenes reports throughout the live broadcast. Oreo, Reddi-wip, and Toyota broadcast live, themed commercials during "Hairspray Live!"; Oreo's ad featured the character of Corny Collins,
Ricki Tarr His boss at the Circus is Peter Guillam and it is revealed that George Smiley originally recruited him. Due to various mishaps during his career (e.g., falling for a female Polish agent, causing a suicide via blackmail) Tarr is widely regarded among the scalphunters as "disaster-prone". Tarr was played by Hywel Bennett in the 1979 television serial based on the novel. In the 2011 film adaptation, he was played by Tom Hardy. Ricki Tarr Ricki Tarr is a fictional character created by John le Carré, and is a major figure in le Carré's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". Ricki Tarr was