This might not be news to someone, but when I found out I was quite shocked by the news.
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.
That scene reminds me that two of the most infamous over-acting actors (which I enjoy nontheless) were in the cast of Loaded Weapon:
“Pull over” - are you assuming I am checking Lemmy while driving?
Commuting by recumbent bicycle
I had no idea. Wow
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.
what about rocky horror?
Clue, Home Alone 2, and Muppet Treasure Island are timeless favorites of mine largely because of Curry.
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.
Nothing compares to LEGEND
Holy Shit… I just found out Ridley Scott directed this movie…
Tim’s Makeup for that movie
Nigel Thornberry
Command and conquer: Red alert. Legend. So much more. Comedy, drama, thriller. Dude’s got range.
Range al the way to… heh …SPACE!!
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.
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.
Go way back. Legend.
what about rocky horror?
What’s rocky horror?
“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.
Oh my love, you’re in for a treat
“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.
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?
Not smashing!
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.
Sad nobody mentioned IT. He played penny wise!
In the original.
And this is why you never get a massage or (even worse) chiro on your neck.
Getting the massage saved his life. If he was alone when he had the stroke, he would have died.
Maybe they meant the massage dislodged a clot and caused stroke or maybe they misread.
No,you are spot on,see my other above comment - the type of damage he has is exactly matching a certain,rather rare, type of stroke and sadly manual therapy and massage are amongst the most common causes for that.
20 years as a massage therapist - there are areas of the neck to be cautious of and there is never any excuse to do anything with force or speed to anything associated with the neck or spine. “No pain no gain” approaches in manual therapy (and expectations from clients) needs to die. That approach is abusive to both parties.
There are many ways to provide touch that are both safe and therapeutic. I currently work with hospice patients (you don’t get much more fragile and complicated than that) but when I was teaching the bottom line I gave my students - if the skin is intact and you’re allowed to touch the area with the type of contact to bathe, then there are ways to provide touch for comfort with a positive outcome. Massage can take many forms and it should never hurt or create a threat.
Huh? How so?
I can speak to the chiropractor portion in particular. A risk of chiropractic manipulation of the neck is injury to the vertebral arteries - a pair of arteries running alongside the spine in the neck and which supply much of the blood to your brain stem and the back part of your brain (particularly areas that are responsible for coordination of movement and vision).
Injury to either artery can result in a stroke in these parts of the brain. It’s not just theoretical, I personally have seen patients who had these sort of strokes following chiropractic manipulation.
I’m guessing OP was inferring that too vigorous of a neck massage could cause the same problem though I haven’t actually seen that.
Massages or (far worse) manual therapy on the neck can lead to a dissection, spasm,etc. of the vertaebral arteries - they are in the back of the neck, fairly vulnerable and sadly lead to real nasty strokes that often lead to major paralysis or death a lot of the real critical tissues in the brain are supplied by them and clots as well as tissuetend to find their way into the basilar artery which is basically the worst place for them to be. The brain can compensate for a lot,especially when it comes to the cortex, but back there, structures are small, tend not to have “collateral” aka backup but are very important.
The type of symptoms and paralysis he has makes it very likely for him to have suffered from something in that area and well… Manual therapy and massage in that area are the absolute posterboy reason for someone to have these strokes, especially in a comparably young age. I saw 18 year olds have debilitating strokes that way. I had a 28 year old woman go from "talking to me to brain death/organ donor* within 45 minutes. (BTW: Covid is another huge risk factor,but that affects more the venous side of that area. The vaccination does massively reduce these cases,especially in woman on hormonal birth control).
There is a reason why in a lot of European countries a massage of the neck is forbidden/considered malpractice by massage therapists (beside it not helping much anyway - muscular cervical pain almost always is caused lower, in the shoulder muscles) and manual therapy of the neck above C4 needs special training for physios (and even then is discouraged).
Don’t get me wrong, I am not blaming the massage therapist - One would need to see the MRI for that- but it is a reasonably good reminder of a common cause for these cases.
You sound like you know some shit. What is the best way to get a happy ending?
Go to a brothel and stop harassing poor massage therapists.
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?
Oh. I did not know. And I absolutely love Congo. The movie and the game.
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No body.
Get down on your knees and tell me you love me.
“You was here… and you was smooching with my brother!”
You was smoochin with everyone!
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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!”
I love you…
That is not Tim Curry. Some freaky deepfake shit.
Yes, that’s him in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3.
Someone took that clip of him from C&C and (in this instance) put someone else’s face on him through deepfake. Here’s the original.
I have horrible face blindness and even I recognized OP’s pic was not Tim Curry, lol
I don’t have downvotes but please for the love of all this good in the world, fix your image! Remove the abomination! Here is one I had lying around.
For those who interested, there is an interview of him uploaded about a month ago: https://youtu.be/nymOjoq-psE
