Tim Curry has shared an update on his health after suffering a stroke 13 years ago.
The legendary Rocky Horror Picture Show actor, 79, opened up about his wellbeing during a special screening in honor of the musical film’s 50th anniversary.
Speaking to the audience at LA’s Academy Museum, Tim said: ‘I still can’t walk, which is why I’m in this silly chair, and that’s very limiting.
‘So, I won’t be singing and I won’t be dancing very soon. I still have real problems with my left leg.’
Tim suffered a stroke after collapsing at his California home in 2012, leaving him partially paralyzed on one side of his body and affecting his speech.
Since the stroke, which he suffered aged 66, the legendary actor has remained largely out of the public eye and has been rarely sighted.
Sharing details about the brain attack, Tim continued: ‘I was having a massage at the time and I didn’t even actually notice anything, but the guy who was doing the massage said, “I’m worried about you, I want to call an ambulance.”
‘And he did, and I said, “That’s so silly.”‘
Tim Curry revealed he has problems with his left leg as he shared a rare health update
The legendary actor, 79, suffered a stroke at his home 13 years ago (pictured with co-star Nell Campbell on September 26)
According to Mayo Clinic, an ischemic stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or reduced.
This prevents brain tissue from getting oxygen and nutrients. Brain cells begin to die in minutes.
Another type of stroke is a hemorrhagic stroke. It occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks or bursts and causes bleeding in the brain. The blood increases pressure on brain cells and damages them.
Tim is best known for his role as the brilliantly mad scientist Dr Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
He first starred in the original 1973 London production and continued to play the part on Broadway before reviving the character in the 1975 film.
Speaking on the film’s lasting impact, he said as per The Hollywood Reporter: ‘I’m so excited by this and very honored by the Academy to do this presentation of our movie, which has dragged on for 50 years.’
Tim enjoyed an illustrious acting career prior to the health scare having shot to fame through The Rocky Picture Show in 1975.
On the role that catapulted him to stardom, he told Los Angeles magazine that he looks at the film’s success ‘with a sort of bemused tolerance.’
Tim shot to fame as Dr Frank-N-Furter in the musical comedy The Rocky Horror Picture Show
He first starred in the 1973 London production before featuring in the film two years later
Tim has enjoyed an illustrious career on the stage and screen having appeared in the likes of Annie (1982), Home Alone 2 (1992), and Charlie’s Angels (2000)
He continued: ‘It’s neither a blessing nor a curse. I was lucky to get it.’
For many years he rarely discussed the movie, fearing he would be typecast.
He previously recalled the opening night during his Broadway debut in The Rocky Horror Picture Show as ‘very exciting’ but found its critics to be far too harsh.
‘I had to go on the Today Show the next day and they read the reviews – which were appalling,’ he explained. ‘That brought me down. It was very cruel.’
The reviews described his performance as ‘a mixture of Joan Crawford and Burt Lancaster’ and ‘Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Marc Bolan all in one.’
He went on join the cast of 1990’s Home Alone 2 playing the stuffy and suspicious Mr Hector.
Although he did not play a starring role, his character was one of the most iconic to come out of the sequel to the popular Christmas film.
Tim was honored with The Actors Fund Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 at the Tony Awards Viewing Party in Los Angeles.
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