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[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 2:47pm

I REALLY don't want to see Clay Aiken in his underpants.

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 2:50pm

@ jp: Was that aimed at me, changing, or both?

And to the last guy: But otherwise, wouldn't Aiken just pop as a hypocritical closet bitch like Brad?

Updated On: 8/18/08 at 02:50 PM

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 2:51pm

Calling RuPaul, oh wait, he sang in the HAIR concert.
I take that back.
That Brit guy looks right.
Is he Tall?
Maybe I'll Google him.

[JP2]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 3:00pm

@ jp: Was that aimed at me, changing, or both?

Changing.

[iamchanging9]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 3:19pm

no need to be nasty

[iamchanging9]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 3:19pm

no need to be nasty

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 3:33pm

I hate the whole idea but if it's going to happen, I can't go along with Jack Black.

Frank is the center of this story and must be attractive and appeal to both sexes.

[Weez]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 4:11pm

Noel Fielding!

"I'm the confuser! 'Is it a man? Is it a woman? Oh, I'm not sure if I mind!'"

Ohhh that would rock my world. :3

The problem is, now that Brand's name has been brought up, I'm going to be mentally casting this with British comics rather than anyone more likely. Hohum. ^_^

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 4:31pm

He doesn't have to be attractive in any way, shape, or form. Tim Curry was (and is) hardly attractive. He made it work because of the craziness. The transvestitism was just the icing on the cake compared to the mood swings, the temper tantrums, the weirdness in general, which Curry portrayed so brilliantly. He's a parody of a mad scientist who happens to wear fishnets and embody some bisexual stereotypes of the Fifties, not a bombshell.

[Weez]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 4:35pm

It's charisma and sexiness rather than textbook prettiness.

I stand by Noel Fielding. :3

Updated On: 8/18/08 at 04:35 PM

[Jonny boy]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 4:38pm

David Arquette was the in the last production of the show I saw years ago in LA at the Tiffany Theater. He was decent....

[JP2]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 4:39pm

Pft, Tim Curry is damn sexy in the original.
Updated On: 8/18/08 at 04:39 PM

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 4:42pm

Jack Black...as Frank? Hell no.

Tim Curry is beyond damn sexy.

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 4:47pm

He doesn't have to be attractive in any way, shape, or form. Tim Curry was (and is) hardly attractive.

Totally disagree.

First-Curry was damn hot in the film. He was so attractive that everyone wanted and had him. This wouldn't have happened if an overweight and unattractive person played Frank.

Second, Tim Curry has become less attractive in the conventional way since then, and of course is a great character actor. That being said, as one of the people who was in the original cast who acted out the film in front of the screen at the 8th St. Playhouse, and the official photographer for the group, we got to know Tim Curry pretty well and supported him in his acting endeavors as well as with the two rock albums he made.

Believe me, he was quite hot.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 4:50pm

Mick Jagger + Joan Crawford = Tim Curry in ROCKY HORROR.


Irreplaceable.

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 4:54pm

Borstal, I'd replace Mick Jagger with Joan Collins as Alexis in Dynasty.

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 5:44pm

Here's the "not the least bit attractive" Tim Curry during the Rocky Horror days. He was performing his rock album at the old Bottom Line in the village.

[JP2]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 5:51pm

Updated On: 8/18/08 at 05:51 PM

[BradMajors]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 5:57pm

Tim Curry was damned sexy in ROCKY HORROR. Whoever is cast has some pretty big fishnets and platforms to fill.

[Jon]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 6:15pm

The Criminologist/Narrator needs to be some serious classical actor type.

[Ladyofthe Lake]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 6:43pm

Ah, yes, the extremely unattractive Mr. Curry as William Shakespeare in a British TV miniseries...

Anyone doubting Tim Curry's attractiveness and sex appeal in Rocky Horror should search out any of the myriad videos of the film's "Sweet Transvestite" on That Site and check out the viewer comments. The man was scorching hot in that film, and among the film's fans, that's hardly a minority opinion.

I know pretty much nothing about Russell Brand, so I can't say much more about him than that he could look the part. Whether he can play the part is the question. There's a lot more to performing that role than just prancing around in drag - to play it successfully, the actor needs charisma, talent and technique (as Tim himself put it in an interview with Plays and Players magazine in the show's early London days, "Frank n Furter is a great personality role, but at the same time it's a great technical challenge. You have to do it with such style and precision to make it work."). Oh, and a singing voice. Yeah, can't forget that.

Oh, and Jane2, you are my new hero. How exciting those early days at the Eighth Street must have been!

Updated On: 8/18/08 at 06:43 PM

[toanythingtaboo 2]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 8:23pm

I think it's important to not get an obviously flamboyant or camp guy to play the part.

Apart from Tim's obvious talent, he works because you wouldn't think of him doing it.

It almost makes the character more appealing BECAUSE Tim isn't this even remotely flamboyant person.

Again I saw, I love Russell Brand - he's one of the funniest and wittiest comedians out there, but he's no actor and this choice would be so obvious and uninspired I don't see the point of going there. There's almost no intrigue because you can imagine it so easily.

However if they said...I don't know, Russell Crowe....it gets you thinking and interested to see how the hell that will work.

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 8:38pm

I'm very glad this thread was jacked by Tim Curry. Clue anyone?

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 10:14pm

Thanks lady of the lake! And thanks for your great post. All true!

Tim Curry IS the Rocky Horror phenomenon. Therefore, it's ok to discuss him here, as well as the new remake to be.

Lady, those were some of my most fabulous times!

How about Marilyn Manson as one of the Transylvanians? That's where I would put him-in the background, but he looks the part to a T.

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 8/18/08 at 10:18pm

Those pictures are great quality screen shots. That said, I fail to see anything attractive about the man. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.