I’m someone who grew up in the early ‘90s, attending The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Saturday midnight showings frequently. Sure, I can watch it anytime I want today with my Disney+ subscription, but it'll never be like it was back then. It was one way to yank me out of my suburban bubble and introduced me to a whole different scene of lovable freaks, both on screen and off. One of the freaks, Tim Curry, gave one of my all-time favorite performances (and one of his best performances) in any movie, ever, as the sweet tranvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the legendary cult flick.
I just learned recently that he was almost pushed out of the part that he had originally developed for the stage show in London in the mid-’70s for a much bigger star at the time: none other than The Rolling Stones’ frontman, Mick Jagger. Now, I also love The Stones, and if there was any rock star from the era who could pull off Frank, it’s Mick (or maybe David Bowie), but I am so grateful Curry stayed in the role. Here’s how it went down, according to Curry.
