Brad on Rocky Remake

[Ron Nastie]

Word that MTV is planning to remake the cult classic "The Rocky Horror
Picture Show" was greeted with apprehension by more than a few fans of
the original film -- and by Barry Bostwick, who starred in that 1975
feature with Susan Sarandon and Tim Curry. "I'm sort of shocked at
that. I don't think you should remake 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.'
Certain things you shouldn't touch," claims Bostwick, who played
Sarandon's fiancé, Brad Majors, in the musical comedy film that
parodies science fiction and horror flicks. The movie's creator,
Richard O'Brien, has told the press that the project does not have his
blessing.

"It's of its time. It's brilliant for what it was. To make it
specifically for MTV or television, it loses its energy, its audience
participation," Bostwick continues. "We made it in 1975. I just think
there's something about the morals of it that are a bit old fashioned
now. It was a bit salacious for the time, but when you look back on
it, it's pretty tame. You'd have to keep it as a period piece, but
then why? It's already been done. If you can't update it, then you'd
have to turn it into something really different. I don't know how
they'd do it. Maybe they can come up with something."

In a strange twist, though, Bostwick says if they do end up
greenlighting the project, he's not entirely opposed to helping out.
"I think I'm too old to play Brad. I'd have to play the narrator,
which I would love to do if they asked me."