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Tim Curry, the prolific performer who transformed for the screen – video
Tim Curry was a versatile performer of stage and screen who made his name as the flamboyant Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show. Curry’s best-known roles often required a considerable physical transformation, to the extent that he was unrecognisable in some of them. As Frank-N-Furter, Rocky Horror’s eccentric scientist, he was daubed in garish makeup and dressed in stockings and suspenders Ridley Scott's fantasy Legend, he sported giant horns and scarlet skin as the Lord of Darkness and, in 1990, Curry was transformed with full-face clown makeup to play Pennywise in the TV miniseries It, based on Stephen King's novel
TL;DR
- Tim Curry was known for his versatile stage and screen performances.
- His most famous roles often involved significant physical transformations.
- He played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, requiring garish makeup and specific attire.
- In Ridley Scott's Legend, he appeared as the Lord of Darkness with horns and scarlet skin.
- Curry was transformed with full-face clown makeup to play Pennywise in the TV miniseries It.