I doubt that Tim Curry would have been willing to accept the part as he was a friend of the "Queen" leading singer, having met him after Mercury saw him on stage. However, I've never not seen Curry on stage or screen and not instantly thought of the wonderful performer of "We Are the Champions" and "Bohemian Rhapsody". In this wild caper comedy, Curry plays a wannabe entertainer (a superb mimic) forced to work as a cab driver, entertaining his clients with his imitations, and making a rash decision of riding off with a brief case filled with cash, getting into all sorts of trouble.
The whole film revolves around Curry's wacky behavior, featuring Debbie Bishop as his girlfriend and character actor George Irving as the man out to get the money back for a political uprising. There's a fabulous costume party wher everyone comes dressed as 30's movie characters, with Curry and Bishop a dashing Fred and Ginger, making their entrance to "Putting on My Top Hat". Curry's charm helps this rise above the deficiencies, a far cry from his smirking villains in "Annie" and "Home Alone 2", and perhaps closer to his role as Mozart on stage, with a bit of Franknfurter coming from his flamboyance.
The whole film revolves around Curry's wacky behavior, featuring Debbie Bishop as his girlfriend and character actor George Irving as the man out to get the money back for a political uprising. There's a fabulous costume party wher everyone comes dressed as 30's movie characters, with Curry and Bishop a dashing Fred and Ginger, making their entrance to "Putting on My Top Hat". Curry's charm helps this rise above the deficiencies, a far cry from his smirking villains in "Annie" and "Home Alone 2", and perhaps closer to his role as Mozart on stage, with a bit of Franknfurter coming from his flamboyance.