Fox has released (via EW) the first official look at Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black) as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in their upcoming re-imagining of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Aside from getting used to Cox playing the iconic role made famous by Tim Curry (Clue, Stephen King’s It) in the 1975 cult classic, the doctor from Transsexual, Transylvania, is getting an updated wardrobe, which is designed by Tony-winner William Ivey Long.
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“We were on set and a reporter saw me and said I looked like the love child of Grace Jones and David Bowie. I said ‘That’s exactly right.’ I think we mix up the look more than they did in the original,” Cox explained to EW. “It’s inspired by the original but it’s really our own take. It’s way more elaborate and couture. [Director] Kenny Ortega had this vision that Frank was at this old theater and found these old burlesque costumes and is, like, using them and wearing them now but has altered them a bit.”
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THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW follows sweethearts Janet (Justice) and Brad (McCartan), who stumble upon Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s (Cox) bizarre abode. Frank-N-Furter, a sexually ambiguous, flirtatious alien mad-scientist – with the help of his faithful servants, Riff Raff (Carney) and Magenta – is holding an annual, Transylvanian science convention to showcase the birth of “Rocky Horror” (Nair) – a fit, attractive man created solely to fulfill Frank’s desires.
The two-hour Rocky Horror Picture Show event will air in the fall of 2016 on Fox.
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