Adam Lambert in FOX TV remake of ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Posted: 1/14/16 at 2:49pm
This cast just keeps getting better and better...
Posted: 1/14/16 at 2:53pm
A shame he's not playing Frank-N-Furter.
Posted: 1/14/16 at 3:03pm
Bafflingly miscast IMO.
Posted: 1/14/16 at 3:09pm
Mr. Nowack said: "Bafflingly miscast IMO.
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Can I ask how you think he's miscasted? I know he's MUCH different than the original film's Eddie, but I think he'll be good! Maybe you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Posted: 1/14/16 at 3:10pm
I wish he was playing Frank-N-Furter 
Posted: 1/14/16 at 3:20pm
This is SO WRONG! What a waste of talent and appearance. He is perfect for Frank. perfect. Let Laverne Cox play Eddie and let Adam play Frank. What a shame.
Posted: 1/14/16 at 3:22pm
I totally agree. Such a missed opportunity as he would have made a perfect Dr. Frank N Furter. Eddie has one solo number and is basically a cameo.
Posted: 1/14/16 at 3:23pm
And basically the stereotype of a big rough tough motorcycle gang. Not quite Lambert.
Posted: 1/14/16 at 3:28pm
Ah yes I see what everyone is saying now. I also think he would have been a great Dr. On the other hand, I think it's wonderful to have a transgender actress playing the lead because if nothing else, it's great exposure for the transgender community...especially on FOX.
Posted: 1/14/16 at 3:36pm
ROCKY HORROR is a show about archetypes and stereotypes and in this case Lambert just doesn't match the stereotype Eddie falls into.
I forgot Laverne Cox was slated to play Frank, still very very conflicted on that as well.
Posted: 1/14/16 at 3:49pm
"I think it's wonderful to have a transgender actress playing the lead because if nothing else, it's great exposure for the transgender community...especially on FOX."
Yeah, but there's that pesky little other thing - talent
Anyway, word is that Lambert turned the role of Frank down. Didn't want to be compared to Curry.
Posted: 1/14/16 at 3:54pm
Right. The guy pretends to be Freddie Mercury for a living doesn't want to be compared to Tim Curry! Fake it til you make it, I guess, Adam Lambert.
Posted: 1/14/16 at 4:06pm
he doesnt pretend to be freddie. he was hired by queen to emulate freddie i think. that is different
Posted: 1/14/16 at 4:12pm
Mine was a critical post, not a quote from the official job description.
Posted: 1/15/16 at 1:12pm
There is hope...(?)
Let's just hope for some kickass Broadway ladies for Magenta and Columbia.
Posted: 1/15/16 at 1:34pm
Awesome! So glad he's still doing great after that terrible stroke!
Posted: 1/15/16 at 1:51pm
Ahhh that'll be wonderful.
Has he ever played that role elsewhere? You'd think it would be a no-brainer.
Posted: 1/15/16 at 1:57pm
There's no way even that can save this garbage production. Put aside the horrendous casting they've already done...this is a sexually charged R rated musical that they're sanitizing for network TV. I mean...
Posted: 1/15/16 at 2:05pm
"A mental mind-bump can be nice!"
Posted: 1/15/16 at 4:32pm
" The guy pretends to be Freddie Mercury for a living doesn't want to be compared to Tim Curry! Fake it til you make it, I guess, Adam Lambert." said Namo.
Except Lambert was not pretending to be Freddie Mercury. He was officially standing in as a lead singer with Queen.
Posted: 1/15/16 at 4:34pm
Of course you know it's a mental mind fvck, right, Phyllis?
Posted: 1/15/16 at 4:37pm
I think most of us know that, Jane, but those who will lose their Rocky V-cards to this production sure won't know it.
