This might not be news to someone, but when I found out I was quite shocked by the news.
For those who interested, there is an interview of him uploaded about a month ago: https://youtu.be/nymOjoq-psE
Yeah, this sucks considering his role in horror story
If you’ve never seen any clips from Tim Curry in Command and Conquer, pull over and watch them right now.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tim+curry++commander+and+conquer
Nobody eats up scenery like Tim Curry eats up scenery.
“Pull over” - are you assuming I am checking Lemmy while driving?
Commuting by recumbent bicycle
Holy crap that’s an epic response. Definitely read that in Curry’s voice.
I don’t think that’s the real Tim Curry.
Was your first clue the account name @NotTheTimCurry?
This post is how I found out. That’s heartbreaking. The frailty of the human form is a cosmic crime.
wanna go kill god?
Sorry, not 14-17 years old and my parents are still alive. I’m obviously not a JRPG protagonist.
you can’t even off 2 mortals to become a jrpg protagonist how do you expect to kill god?
only if we can eat god afters, demonstrating our superior place on the food chain.
I wake up in disappointment about there not being a sojen anime where Friedrich Nietzsche and contemporary philosophers go on to hunt and kill God. in the most literal sense. not to kill a God, but the biblical one.
imagine him and Wagner setting up a play to trap Jesus in the middle of the concert. or a side quest with Marx and Engles. or getting weirded out by Freud but then using him to hipnotize captured Jesus to figure out how to kill God.
Friedrich Nietzsche Isekai: How I Ate God In A New World And Surpassed The Food Chain sounds delightfully weird
imagine the finale with Nietzsche fight mano a mano with God. the white beard tunic all powerful god. the soundtrack alone would be amazing
i kind of want to write this, but i don’t know enough nietzche information to do it justice
being an author isn’t about knowing wierd shit, it’s about researching wierd shit
Sounds like the cousin of Yojou Senki/ Saga of Tanya the Evil, have you considered emailing Carlo Zen about it?
I remember hearing that he auditioned for the role of Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman (Jack Nicholson) and again for the Animated series (Mark Hamil). Turned down both times for either too scary or intense.
It’s a huge shame, as he requires two carers now, but he does sound as though he’s still sharp witted as ever, and is that thankful he has kept his voice after the stroke.
‘Risky is the best way to be’: Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2025/oct/14/risky-is-the-best-way-to-be-tim-curry-sexuality-surviving-stroke-50-years-stardom
Link is a fantastic read, thank you.
Oh, please tell me he’s still getting voiceover gigs. He needs to leave his mark on as many things as possible before the end.
It certainly sucks, but he was in his late 60’s when it happened. He’s almost 80 now.
He’s had a great and full life, and he has great care; most people don’t get either of those things. Aging sucks.
Yeah. I don’t recommend it.
Better than the alternative
A lot of older people disagree. There’s a difference between being alive and living.
just because i age doesn’t mean i have to mature.
Of course not.
But, say, when you break your back because you have osteoporosis and suddenly can’t manage the stuff you’ve been doing for the past 75 years anymore, that isn’t really life anymore. Or when you start sundowning because of a UTI. Or everything hurts all the time. And all your friends are dead. You can no longer drive so you’re stuck at home. Your scoliosis finally catches up with you. Your ears go haywire and you get permanent vertigo. You have a stroke and end up half paralysed. You go blind. You end up with post viral fatigue because the world doesn’t take viruses seriously. Etc.
I have an elderly family, can you tell?
you know how bad UTIs can get, so yeah.
Not really
Aging backwards?
No body.
Get down on your knees and tell me you love me.
I love you…
“You was here… and you was smooching with my brother!”
You was smoochin with everyone!
Classy way to correct my misquote. I love that movie so much.
“Snuffy, Al, Leo, Little Moe with the gimpy leg, Cheeks, Bony Bob, Cliff.”
“No… it’s a lie!”
One of Curry’s best roles. Everybody watch Over the Garden Wall!
I bought it on sale on Apple TV and I’m watching it right now geez
Yeah, Its a damn shame. I always liked his performances. He has done only a few parts since then. I remember him being a judge in a sitcom but I can’t remember the shows name.
Psych, season 2 episode 1, “American Duos”.
He’s INSANELY funny in it. As one would expect from him.
Nigel St. Nigel!
One of the funniest episodes of one of the funniest shows I’ve watched. Gina Gershon knocks it out of the park as a Paula Abdul analog.
I only learned this recently too watching the Rocky Horror cast reunion.
Sad to see Tim in a wheelchair, but he is still sharp.
It’s hard to fully enjoy someone’s work or art knowing what tragedy has befallen them since that time. It’s just sad. Among others, I always enjoy Clue.
Clue, Home Alone 2, and Muppet Treasure Island are timeless favorites of mine largely because of Curry.
“oh this is a Muppet show? Very well, I shall be a Muppet as well.”
“No Tim you can just act… Oh my God he’s done it.”
The best muppet movies by far are:
Muppet Treasure Island - because Tim Curry acted like a Muppet.
The Muppet Christmas Carol - because Michael Caine acted like the Muppets were true actors.
Command and conquer: Red alert. Legend. So much more. Comedy, drama, thriller. Dude’s got range.
Range al the way to… heh …SPACE!!
My introduction to Tim Curry was when he played Rooster in Annie waaay back in 1982.
It’s always been wonderful to see him pop up in movies and shows (and video games) over the years, even if he’s just doing voice acting. I know it took him a while after his stroke to be able to talk normally again (he was slow and slurred in his speech for a while), but I’m surprised he hasn’t done more voice work since 2012.
what about rocky horror?
What’s rocky horror?
Oh my love, you’re in for a treat
“rocky horror” is the 1973 musical play “the rocky horror show” and the 1975 film adaptation “rocky horror picture show” - both follow a newly-engaged couple named brad and janet who were going to see dr. everett v. scott when their car broke down - they eventually went into a castle which (spoiler alert) happens to be a spaceship from the people who inhabit it - transylvanians. oh and tim curry is in it as frank-n-furter.
I love Muppeys Treasure Island. Also “The Colour of Magic” movie."
Obviously I could be wrong since I have no hard evidence but both of those feel like moves where everyone involved was having a blast the entire way through making them.
Nigel Thornberry
Go way back. Legend.
Nothing compares to LEGEND
Holy Shit… I just found out Ridley Scott directed this movie…
Tim’s Makeup for that movie
Fern Gully
God, all kids should be forced to watch this film. Adults too, if they somehow made it to adulthood without watching fern gully
Especially in countries most responsible for the climate catastrophe
Not just because it’s a better version of Avatar, but because Brazil is, in like 30 years, going to be a barren desert unless we start treating loggers like ivory poachers.
what about rocky horror?
Sad nobody mentioned IT. He played penny wise!
In the original.
