Classic Curry Roles

Interviewer: Have you ever actually eaten Spam?

Tim Curry: I have! I actually even rather like it.

I: Really?

TC: Well, you know ... I grew up in postwar Britain, when you were lucky to get anything to eat. People in America have absolutely no conception of how austere England was after the war. While you were all sort of eating butter and eggs, we were eating rabbit. That's what there was in the butcher shop. I remember candy rationing until I was like 7. Spam was almost luxury time ... whatever it is. I always liked it, probably because it's so heavily seasoned. [He laughs.] Kids will eat anything, won't they?

📸: Tim Curry as King Arthur in Monty Python’s Spamalot (2005)

📰: Fast Chat - Newsday - 10th March 2005

Let spooky season begin 😍🎃
“It was a very cold night and Diana Rigg, who I worship, who played the headmistress of the witches school, had a bottle of sloe gin under her habit. Which made us very much warmer - but not very concentrated. In fact, so unconcentrated and so grimly unprofessional that they decided to reshoot it in London in the studio. I was stunned - I thought that I’d brought it off beautifully. But hurray for gin!” - Tim Curry
📷: Tim Curry as The Grand Wizard with Dame Diana Rigg as Miss Hardbroom and Fairuza Balk as Mildred Hubble - The Worst Witch (1986)

A portrait I did of Tim Curry - Rocky Horror Picture Show. I am fine-tuning this sloppy style where I just make enough brushstrokes to make the person in the portrait recognisable...

🎉 50 years ago today, The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in London, forever changing the world of cinema, music, and cult fandom! 👄✨

What began as a daring stage musical became a global phenomenon — thanks to its fearless energy, unforgettable music, and, of course, Tim Curry’s electrifying performance as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. 🎭💄

Half a century later, audiences still dance the Time Warp and celebrate the film’s message of freedom, individuality, and self-expression. Here’s to 50 years of fishnets, madness, and midnight magic! 🖤🕺