When director #SamPinkleton began envisioning a Broadway revival of #TheRockyHorrorShow, he drew up a list of qualities he believed the lead, Dr. Frank-N-Furter, needed to have. ⁠ ⁠ "He had to be a truly tremendous actor. He had to be a real comedian, like a clown. He had to have a killer voice. He had to be terrifying, and also tender," Pinkleton said. "We had to be scared of him, and we also had to want to fuck him. I also really felt strongly that it needed to be somebody who carried some kind of queerness with them, whatever that means."⁠ ⁠ At first, Pinkleton was unsure who could embody all of that and provide a new take on the role made famous by Tim Curry. But when he met #LukeEvans, an onscreen action star with a background in musical theater, he found a fit in an actor who happily contains his own contradictions.⁠ ⁠ Read the full feature at the link in bio.