# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/21 "2025-12-28T13:07:43Z")
This thread is proof that I’m old and out of touch - so many names I don’t recognize _at all!_ All I can offer is a vague “recast with K-Pop” and that just comes to mind because my granddaughter is obsessed so I’ve seen more of that than any geezer deserves! Now, if you want to recast with stars from the 30s and 40, well, that’s another thread entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/22 "2025-12-28T14:08:44Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > > [@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”. I’m seeing the other Benedict, Benedict Wong, in the role. And St Vincent as Columbia. ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/23 "2025-12-28T14:15:04Z")
Benedict Wong as Riff Raff? ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/24 "2025-12-29T12:33:24Z")
[Jeff Hillier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Hiller) could do quite a creepy Riff Raff, I think. And he’s done musical theatre. Borrowing some candidates from above, I’d go for Dove Cameron (who can dance) for Columbia and Natasha Lyonne for Magenta (who doesn’t sing much). Benedict Wong as the Criminologist would be fun, but it’s the sort of role they always get Charles Dance to do. Rocky - Dwayne Johnson Dr Scott - Hugh Jackman, just because. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/25 "2025-12-29T12:37:20Z")
Based on his King of Cats, I can see Lukas Gage as Frank. Jane Levy as Janet - she’s older but still looks much younger. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/26 "2025-12-29T18:19:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Benedict Wong as Riff Raff? I thought we were talking about the criminologist. ---
**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 29, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/27 "2025-12-29T18:19:58Z")
Yes, but I was suggesting that he might also make a goof Riff Raff. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/28 "2025-12-29T18:22:18Z")
I’m thinking Johnny Depp for Riff Raff. ---
**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 29, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/29 "2025-12-29T18:24:00Z")
Just no, Depp’s too old, and I always think of Riff Raff as a skinny guy. ---
**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 29, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/30 "2025-12-29T18:28:46Z")
Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Scott. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/31 "2025-12-29T19:15:35Z")
Whoever is cast as Riff Raff has to be able to write a new song or two, just so the remake seems fresh. Perhaps Lin-Manuel Miranda? (the only contemporary stage musical writer I’m familiar with). ---
**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 29, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/32 "2025-12-29T20:14:49Z")
I like the Lady Gaga suggestion. I’ll add Natalia Dyer for Janet, she’s got the wide-eyed look that’s right for the first half. ---
**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 29, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/33 "2025-12-29T20:21:16Z")
I thought about Natalie, seems like a solid choice, she looks young enough. ---
**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 29, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/34 "2025-12-29T23:36:14Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Rocky - Dwayne Johnson Too old. Rocky needs to be a young beefcake. If we’re gonna cast a wrestler, how about MJF? [![](https://www.wrestling-world.com/imgb/27817/mjf-makes-a-sensational-return.webp) ](https://www.wrestling-world.com/imgb/27817/mjf-makes-a-sensational-return.webp) ---
**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 29, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/35 "2025-12-29T23:38:19Z")
Would a muscle-bound young female work for Rocky? ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/36 "2025-12-29T23:55:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Would a muscle-bound young female work for Rocky I’d be worried that if Rocky is a female, then you’re remaking _Weird Science_, not _Rocky Horror_. I think gender is so fluid in _Rocky Horror_, that you could cast anyone in any role and make it work. The important thing to me is to maintain the queer relationships, and not make everyone straight, just with a bit of kink. Though if Frank-N-Furter where also a woman, then the corset and fish nets would have to be replaced with something similarly male coded. I do think that no matter what the gender of the characters, the song should stay _I Can Make You a **Man** _. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/37 "2025-12-30T00:04:55Z")
Pink? ---
**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 30, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/38 "2025-12-30T00:13:39Z")
Any color, really. Just kidding. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/39 "2025-12-30T00:17:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m thinking Johnny Depp for Riff Raff. Yes. I concur. ---
**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 30, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075/40 "2025-12-30T06:30:37Z")
Ya know? It _is_ 2025. Maybe the queer characters should actually be played by queer actors. At the very least, Frank should be played by one of the many talented drag queens this era is blessed with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-rocky-horror-picture-show-today/1026075.md?page=3)