20 Things You Didn't Know About The Rocky Horror Picture Show

19. Susan Sarandon Was Asked To Appear Nude (But Refused)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tim Curry
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Susan Sarandon of course plays the film's sexy lead Janet Weiss, who spends a good portion of the movie in a state of undress.

But the filmmakers originally wanted to take things much further by having the actress actually appear nude for the iconic song "Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me" opposite Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood).

Sarandon flatly refused to fully disrobe, though her nevertheless risque performance in the movie did result in Playboy magazine doggedly pursuing her for a nude pictorial for many years afterwards.

She said in a 1991 interview, "They have been after me since The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

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