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Eventually, O’Brien showed his work to director Jim Sharman while they were working on a play together. Impressed by what he saw, Sharman convinced London’s Royal theater to give the show a few weeks in the tiny Upstairs theater.
Columbia And Magenta Were Originally One Character
Sharman was hoping his good friend and pop star Marianne Faithfull would play Frank N. Furter’s female counterpart. However, Little Nell was already cast in the production.
Sharman and O’Brien would rework the role into two parts: Magenta and Columbia. When it came time to cast Magenta, Faithfull was already on tour in India and Patricia Quinn was eventually cast. Despite having almost no lines, she sang the lead song “Science Fiction/Double Feature.”
Richard O’Brien Wanted To Play Eddie
As soon as production started to unfold, O’Brien knew he wanted one thing. He wanted to co-star as the motorcycle-riding Eddie. Unfortunately, the role would be played by musician Meat Loaf.
Luckily, Sharman saw O’Brien in the role of the weird handyman Riff Raff. O’Brien respected and trusted his director to the point where he agreed to play the role. To think, if he played Eddie, Meat Loaf probably wouldn’t have been in other films down the road. Find out what the director told Tim Curry to do that shocked cast members!
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