{"id":2134516,"date":"2025-11-04T12:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2134516"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:57:21","slug":"it-star-tim-currys-favorite-movie-isnt-the-rocky-horror-picture-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/it-star-tim-currys-favorite-movie-isnt-the-rocky-horror-picture-show\/","title":{"rendered":"It Star Tim Curry\u2019s Favorite Movie Isn\u2019t The Rocky Horror Picture Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Tim Curry<\/strong> has appeared in nearly 250 projects since his debut in the \u201870s. However, the veteran actor has one particular movie that he remembers vividly. He admitted that he\u2019d \u201clove to work\u201d on that franchise again.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Tim Curry names his favorite movie in career spanning over 50 years<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Of all the memorable characters that Tim Curry has portrayed in over 50 years, he admitted that his role as the pirate Long John Silver from the 1996 movie Muppet Treasure Island is the one he treasures the most.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI would love to work with the Muppets again,\u201d Curry told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/ng-interactive\/2025\/oct\/14\/risky-is-the-best-way-to-be-tim-curry-sexuality-surviving-stroke-50-years-stardom?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-5#:~:text=There%20is%20no,he%20sees%20it.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Guardian;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Guardian<\/a> during an interview about his new memoir, Vagabond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Pennywise actor recalled what the best part of making that movie was. \u201cThe great thing is that the Muppeteers themselves,\u201d he shared. \u201cIf they have their puppet on their hand, they only talk to you as the character. I love that,\u201d the actor explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 79-year-old actor later shared an anecdote, admitting to his attempt at sneaking a cheeky line in the movie. \u201cI ad-libbed a line, because me and Piggy were supposed to have had some kind of affair long ago,\u201d Curry recalled. \u201cI said, \u2018Well, I\u2019ll tell you, Jim, once you\u2019ve had pork, you never go back!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, to Tim Curry\u2019s disappointment, the line never made it to the final cut. Nonetheless, his role as the pirate is extremely memorable, which fans still regard as one of his best movie performances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Muppet Treasure Island is a musical adventure comedy starring the Muppets alongside live-action actors. It is adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson\u2019s 1883 classic novel, Treasure Island. The story follows young orphan Jim Hawkins, who acquires a treasure map and sets out to find a hidden pirate treasure, accompanied by his Muppet friends Gonzo and Rizzo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Curry\u2019s Long John Silver is a conniving yet charming pirate who works on Jim\u2019s ship, the Hispaniola, as a cook. Although he plans to take over the ship and take the treasure, he forms a complicated relationship with the young boy, mentoring him through their journey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tim Curry is also widely known for his roles as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and as the haunting Pennywise in Stephen King\u2019s mini-series, IT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Originally reported by Harsha Panduranga on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/pop-culture\/news\/2055200-tim-curry-favorite-movie-pennywise-muppet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ComingSoon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ComingSoon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/news\/1682202-tim-curry-favorite-movie-pennywise-muppet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:It Star Tim Curry\u2019s Favorite Movie Isn\u2019t The Rocky Horror Picture Show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">It Star Tim Curry\u2019s Favorite Movie Isn\u2019t The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mandatory;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Curry has appeared in nearly 250 projects since his debut in the \u201870s. However, the veteran actor has one particular movie that he remembers vividly. He admitted that he\u2019d \u201clove to work\u201d on that franchise again. Tim Curry names his favorite movie in career spanning over 50 years Of all the memorable characters that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2134517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[406393,401540,370710,401539,366020],"class_list":["post-2134516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-jim-hawkins","tag-long-john-silver","tag-memorable-characters","tag-muppet-treasure-island","tag-tim-curry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/It-Star-Tim-Currys-Favorite-Movie-Isnt-The-Rocky-Horror.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2134516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2134518,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134516\/revisions\/2134518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2134517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2134516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2134516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2134516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}