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5 Things You Didn't Know About 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' That'll Make You Want To Do The Time Warp, Again

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Rocky Horror Picture Show is one of those movies that seems to be popular no matter what year it is. Its cult following is getting bigger and bigger each year, and now it has an enormous fan base.

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The show is absolutely unique and bizarre, but that is what makes it so great. There are a lot of interesting facts about Rocky Horror Picture Show, let's see how much you know about this iconic movie!

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A lot of the cast in the movie was in the original stage production

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Tim Curry as Dr. Frank N. Furter, Richard O'Brien as Riff Raff, Patricia Quinn as Magenta and Nell Campbell as Columbia were all playing the same parts as they did in the stage production.

They actually filmed it in an old castle called Oakley Court

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Apparently it was freezing inside and there were no working toilets in the whole building. It was so chilly that Susan Sarandon actually caught pneumonia during production. Apparently she refused treatment even though she had a super high fever after filming the pool scene.

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Quinn (Magenta) is the lips in the opening scene of the movie

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Rumor has it that the director had to agree to that to get her to sign on to the movie. In the play, Quinn sang the song, but for the movie they wanted O'Brien to provide the vocals. Quin wasn't happy, but at least she got one small victory.

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Mick Jagger wanted to play Dr. Frank N. Furter

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Richard O'Brien insisted that Curry keep his role. Another actor almost cast in the movie was Steve Martin in the role of Brad.

Dr. Frank N. Furter was originally German

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For the first few shows Curry played the character with w German accent but when he heard a particularly posh woman on the bus he realized that "Yes, he should sound like the Queen."

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The movie is still being shown in theaters regularly because people have silly traditions that match to the parts. Have you ever seen it in a theater? It's absolutely insane! People throw things at the screen, squirt water guns and yell through the whole movie! It's super exciting. These little tidbits will make you appreciate the movie even more than you already did!

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