Luke Evans

Whether Richard O'Brien knew this when he wrote it 53 years ago, who knows?

I mean, I don't know Richard.

I know who he is and I know a lot about him, but the effect it has is profound.

as funny and as silly and as absurd and as ridiculous and hedonistic and batshit crazy the show can be, there's messages that are timeless, right?

And I think that's what I'm hyper aware of.

Every night when I open my mouth and say certain lines that I know have been around for that amount of time, half a century,

And the reaction, and you hear gasps in the audience because they're going, he's right.

You know, you go, wow.

You know, you feel a real responsibility, the gravitas of these lines within this colorful spectrum of crazy.

There's some really strong, timeless words and lines that I think resonate with every generation.

They don't get old.

It is.

I mean, it's a strange thing, isn't it?

You know, picking up a piece of work

that has lived for so long successfully, has broken records, has been in cinematic release for the world record for being in a cinema somewhere in the world every day, every night for 50 years.

It's very special.

And it's not often you get to do that.

Original stuff is very exciting to make.

When you pick up something that's been around, you don't just pick up the product, you pick up

Everything that's attached to it.