# @hollywoodreporter on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DY0YoEeHOoK
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-26T22:24:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hollywood Reporter (@hollywoodreporter) — https://gondola.cc/hollywoodreporter

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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. ⁠
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"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."⁠
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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.⁠
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