Original Dr. Frank-N-Furter Tim Curry, pictured, has signed on to Fox’s TV remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in a different role, reports Deadline.
Curry, who played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the original Broadway cast and the 1975 movie, returns as the Criminologist Narrator in the reimagining of 20th Century Fox’s 1975 cult classic.
Laverne Cox is playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the two-hour taped event.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show follows sweethearts Janet Weiss (Victoria Justice) and Brad Majors (Ryan McCartan), who stumble upon the bizarre abode of Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s (Cox), a sexually ambiguous, flirtatious alien mad scientist. He is holding an annual Transylvanian science convention to showcase the birth of “Rocky Horror” – a fit, attractive man (Staz Nair) created solely to fulfill Frank’s desires.
“American Idol’s” Adam Lambert was just cast as Eddie, an ex-delivery boy played by the great Meat Loaf in the original film.