Tim Curry to return to Fox’s Rocky Horror—as the narrator
When a 28-year-old Tim Curry burst onto movie screens and into the public consciousness amid scandalized shrieking and glam-rock power chords in 1975’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show, he was a manifestation of the danger and excitement of sexual liberation and gender fluidity. His caped and androgynous mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter stood in stark contrast to the stuffy, upper-crust Criminologist Narrator, played by the 46-year-old character actor Charles Gray, who remained safely removed and ever-judgmental of the lascivious events he recounted from his office. Now, 40 years later, a 69-year-old Curry is stepping into the conservative Oxford shoes of the Criminologist Narrator for Fox’s upcoming “reimagining” of the cult musical. “I am very happy and excited to be a part of this new event,” the film and TV veteran said, likely in a pleasant tone of voice that could never be considered threatening to middle American values.