# Recast "Rocky Horror Picture Show" today **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 26, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075 "2025-12-26T16:30:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/1 "2025-12-26T16:30:48Z")
I am looking for actors for a _new_ production of the movie, not “she/he/they would have been great back then” suggestions, please. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/2 "2025-12-26T16:40:12Z")
Neil Patrick Harris as Frank seems like an obvious choice after Hedwig. No idea how he’d do with the role, but I think he should, at the very least, be auditioning. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/3 "2025-12-26T16:43:03Z")
In 2016 we had [The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1267299/) It had [Victoria Justice](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1842439/?ref_=tt_cst_t_2) as \* [Janet Weiss](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1267299/characters/nm1842439/?ref_=tt_cst_c_2) **Tim Curry** returned, but now as \* [The Criminologist - An Expert](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1267299/characters/nm0000347/?ref_=tt_cst_c_5) It wasn’t great. * * * * * * For a new production: For **Janet** : I’ll start with a young actress and singer. Under 28 years old I think. I suggest either **Sabrina Carpenter** or **Emilia Jones**. (Lock & Key and CODA). Just a hair older is **Dove Cameron**. I’ll agree with **NPH** as [Frank-N-Furter ](https://www.google.com/search?num=10&sca_esv=e5cbd14f40937cac&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS989US989&sxsrf=AE3TifOpcTmg89QJm8-Nr6N5S1M6wpXJVA:1766767194794&q=Tim+Curry&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLQz9U3MEtOT1MCs8yLqtK0hLKTrfTTMnNywYRVcmJxySJWzpDMXAXn0qKiSgBi5II2NgAAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjMtK_Y2NuRAxUhkokEHbx_Fu4Q9OUBegQIFxAC) Brad Majors: Maybe **Jack Quaid** **Benedict Cumberbatch** for The Criminologist, why not. **Jared Leto** for Riff Raff? Is **Jack Black** young enough for Eddie? Magenta: **Amanda Seyfried** Columbia: **Alison Brie** as a redhead? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/4 "2025-12-26T16:47:52Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > **Benedict Cumberbatch** for The Criminologist, why not. I can see him, all prim and proper, jumping up on the table and doing “The Time Warp”. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/5 "2025-12-26T16:51:05Z")
Not sure about any of the other characters, but I’d like to see these folks: Frank N. Further - Jim Rash Brad - Topher Grace Janet - Natasha Lyonne Riff Raff - Steve Buscemi The Criminologist - Patrick Warburton ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/6 "2025-12-26T16:52:51Z")
Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Coleman as Riff Raff and Magenta. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/7 "2025-12-26T16:59:24Z")
I like **Hiddleston** for Riff Raff, better than my choice. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/8 "2025-12-26T17:03:53Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Frank N. Further - Jim Rash [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AhIhyBvCQAARrrG.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AhIhyBvCQAARrrG.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/9 "2025-12-27T00:21:09Z")
I still think Christopher Walken should bee the Criminologist. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/10 "2025-12-27T00:27:44Z")
I could see Lady Gaga as Magenta, but otherwise I’ve got nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/11 "2025-12-27T00:40:35Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Janet - Natasha Lyonne Given her voice, can she actually sing? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/12 "2025-12-27T00:47:43Z")
I really don’t know how well any of my suggested folks can sing. Not having seen anything recent with Topher Grace, I’m not even sure he hasn’t aged out of the role of Brad altogether. Lyonne certainly isn’t as young as I would assume Janet to be, but I think she could pull it off, and it would be interesting and fun to see her bring her unique “energy” to the character. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/13 "2025-12-27T00:57:45Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Not having seen anything recent with Topher Grace, I’m not even sure he hasn’t aged out of the role of Brad altogether. At 47, I don’t see him playing a character meant to be in their early 20s. I like the suggestion of Sabrina Carpenter as Janet, though her public persona might be a little **too** corny for her to play a sexually repressed virgin. Doja Cat as Columbia, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/14 "2025-12-27T01:02:14Z")
The second Janet could certainly sing. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/15 "2025-12-27T02:06:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@dirtball](#): > > > > Not having seen anything recent with Topher Grace, I’m not even sure he hasn’t aged out of the role of Brad altogether. > > At 47, I don’t see him playing a character meant to be in their early 20s. I suggested him mainly because of the idle thought that some Eric Forman-osity would be workable for that character. But then again, regardless of how young he might reasonably be made to appear now, Grace has probably outgrown that Eric Forman demeanor. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/16 "2025-12-27T02:29:53Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Is **Jack Black** young enough for Eddie? He’s 56 now, so probably not - but Caleb Johnson, who took over as the singer for Meat Loaf’s band after his death, could probably pull it off. At 34, he’s only a little older than Mr. Loaf was when the original was made. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uwYmC_KTiik/maxresdefault.jpg "Hot Patootie (Bless My Soul) (Live)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwYmC_KTiik) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/17 "2025-12-27T02:53:52Z")
No, he ain’t got it. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/18 "2025-12-27T20:01:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > I still think Christopher Walken should bee the Criminologist. And I would still pay folding money to see that. OTOH, the last time we did this there was discussion of Eddie Izzard as Eddie, but I think that ship has sailed and now he’s ok as the criminologist. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/19 "2025-12-27T20:07:41Z")
I’ll say it again. _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_ was a fantastic movie. How it achieved that status is a mystery. It was a fluke. Fine actors, great music, but they never did it again. And never will. It was a one and done. A classic to be remembered, not one to be reprised. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/20 "2025-12-27T20:25:38Z")
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