Tim Curry Used a British Accent in ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ After An Encounter With a Stranger – Globe Magazine

Tim Curry rose to fame as the cheeky cross-dressing mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 musical comedy The Rocky Horror Picture Show — which just reached its 50th anniversary milestone.

For this spoof of cheesy sci-fi and horror movies, Curry told NPR he was first going to use a German accent but changed his mind after overhearing the posh, regal British accent of some lady on a bus he was riding.

Yes, that’s Susan Sarandon in an early role as a naïve young woman who gets a swift education when her car breaks down outside Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s castle.