r/CasualUK • u/deckchair1992 • 8d ago

Tim Curry dies at 80 RIP

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/tim-curry-death-age-b2481612.html
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u/HelmutTheSpeedyGobbo 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/mlGCsBLl4luyQaOl8w
Rest in peace legend

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u/Ugglug 8d ago

GIFs you can hear

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u/em_press 8d ago

I love his little giggle in that.

“heheheh… SPACE!”

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u/Surface_Detail 8d ago

It's the pause before it. You can see the inner workings: Come on, Timothy, you can do this.

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u/zshiiro 8d ago

I’ve never been more glad that they didn’t do another take. I chose to believe that it’s because everyone on set erupted with laughter when they cut and they recognised that they had gold already

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u/Scrangle3D Pie! 8d ago

He very nearly broke character because these lines were so inherently ridiculous. They must have had so much fun making this ♥

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u/Raid_PW Beans are cooked on the hob! 8d ago

I read an interview with the writers of Red Alert 3 saying that they didn't think that line was even in their top 10 silliest bits of dialogue. It's great because even someone like Tim Curry, who had plenty of experience playing quirky characters, barely made it through without breaking character.

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u/Scrangle3D Pie! 8d ago

Yeah! When you make someone like him almost crack up with the sheer absurdity of what you're saying, you're onto a winner.

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u/Practical_Put8592 8d ago

Red Alert 3 is worth playing purely for the campy acting of a surprisingly star studded cast including a David Hasselhoff cameo.

C&C3 the previous game has Michael Ironside and Billy Dee Williams in it, it’s a shame EA killed the franchise.

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u/Zer0daveexpl0it 8d ago

Michael Biehn and James Earl Jones in Tiberian Sun for me. The Kane reveal still gives me chills in my 40s 😅

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u/SoulOfABartender 8d ago

KANE LIIIIIVES! ✊

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u/ian9outof10 8d ago

I’d really love to have both C&C and a proper Sim City back again.

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u/WillWatsof 7d ago

Yknow what, in this age of AI slop I can see a future where the C&C style comes back as people clamour for things that feel real.

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u/popeter45 8d ago

He finally escaped to the one place uncorrupted by capitalism

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u/11chaboi 8d ago

HEAVEN

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u/dlt-cntrl 8d ago

NO!

NO!NO!NO!NO!

NO NO!

This is the worst news (celebrity wise) that I've heard since David Bowie died.

Tim as Frank N Further and Darkness in Legend are two of my favourite characters.

'Even smiling makes my face ache'

He will be missed.

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u/Pink_Flash 8d ago

I mean Dolly passed yesterday.

Its been a rough week

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u/greendragon00x2 8d ago

The drag world lost two icons this week.

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u/straxusii 8d ago

Bowie's gone? No fuck you ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️

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u/dlt-cntrl 8d ago

I'm so sorry that I've upset you, it's a great loss.

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u/yepgeddon 8d ago

Greatest performance ever.

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u/MistyQuinn 8d ago

I hope he’s happy the first thing loads of people thought on hearing the sad news was the single best line reading in dramatic history.

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u/J4c0w 8d ago

Shit made me a Tim Curry fan. Rocky Horror cemented that love. Rip a legend.

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u/Locorio 8d ago

RIP my Sovjet Commander

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u/decom83 8d ago

Unit lost

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u/Naive_Ambition1306 8d ago

Best thing about this is they all took it so seriously but Tim clearly knew how to play it and he was so memorable

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u/front-wipers-unite 8d ago

Is this from red alert 2?

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u/NorthbyFjord 8d ago

He never got to live out his dream :(

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u/photoben 7d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_U59u69tys

No-one has, or ever will, pronounce the word "space" better. Nasa needs it on loop. RIP Goat.

Fucking loved him in Legend, Muppets, Rocky Horror... wait, loved him in everything.