Rocky Horror Show Revival Cast — Page 8

Jordan Catalano said: "We’ve talked for years about how badly we want a revival and when this was announced, everyone was immediately skeptical with most saying they’re going to wait for casting before buying anything."

Same here. I won't buy tickets without at least knowing who will play Frank. A lot of the names suggested in this thread would cause me to skip this.

 

Updated On: 10/28/25 at 07:41 AM

I’m not disappointed by the casting but hardly excited by it, either. 

Timothee Chalamet looks different. 

Did everyone really think that little Tim was going to play Frank? Lukes casting is eh does not make me want to buy a ticket. This better be a crazy different Rocky Horror

Too bad Andre is doing Cats he would of been an amazing Narrator 

Updated On: 10/29/25 at 09:24 AM

Ugh. This is terribly unexciting and uninspired. I was hoping for casting that felt really special. I hope to be proven wrong - I'd love it if Luke turns out to be amazing - but I can't see it.

TheGingerBreadMan said: "Ugh. This is terribly unexciting and uninspired. I was hoping for casting that felt really special. I hope to be proven wrong - I'd love it if Luke turns out to be amazing - but I can't see it."

agreed :/ not super thrilled for a cis interpretation of frank in 2026... fully changed my mind on tickets w the announcement

luvrofthegays said: "TheGingerBreadMan said: "Ugh. This is terribly unexciting and uninspired. I was hoping for casting that felt really special. I hope to be proven wrong - I'd love it if Luke turns out to be amazing - but I can't see it."

agreed :/ not super thrilled for a cis interpretation of frank in 2026...fully changed my mind on tickets w the announcement"

 

Updated On: 10/29/25 at 09:56 AM

ACL2006 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "Luke as Frank makes me happy. Might be a little “safe” but compared to so many of the names thrown around here, this is more than ok with me. And 25 years ago, I’m sure if this board existed people would have complained Tom Hewitt or Terrence Mann were “uninspired” and they were brilliant and helped shape that magnificent revival."

Frank being played by Luke shouldn't upset people. Frank can be played by straights, gay, bi, trans... It shouldn't matter. The role has been played by an assortment of actors of it's time."

frank-n-furter is a trsnsphobic stereotype, theres no argument abt that. cis people doing the role now feels like mockery. we live in a world that is increasingly hostile to trans people, it's not shocking that a lot of trans people don't really want a cis person to play this role at this point. for every semi-decent cis frank there's 500 horrendous ones. i can think of maybe one cis actor who i've seen do frank past curry who i didn't find to be offensive or just out of touch in one way or another

Finding it impossible to imagine a less exciting choice. 

Scarywarhol said: "Finding it impossible to imagine a less exciting choice."

Richard Thomas

Scarywarhol said: "Finding it impossible to imagine a less exciting choice."

Alfonso Ribeiro

Scarywarhol said: "Finding it impossible to imagine a less exciting choice."

Pete Hegseth

All of those would have more novelty value, at least.