Tim Curry still can't walk after stroke at Rocky Horror screening

Tim Curry, 79, said he still cannot walk more than a decade after suffering a major stroke in 2012, during a rare public appearance Friday at a 50th anniversary screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles. Seated in a wheelchair and joined onstage by costars Patricia Quinn, Barry Bostwick and Nell Campbell and producer Lou Adler, he described the lasting physical effects of the illness and reflected on the film's enduring reach.

"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," Curry told the audience, which greeted him with a standing ovation when he took the stage. He also described how the stroke unfolded, saying he was receiving a massage and did not immediately realize anything was wrong until the masseur insisted on calling an ambulance.

Curry kept the tone light at times, punctuating his remarks with self-deprecating humor and a theatrical yawn. "It's awfully late, isn't it? Why don't we show the pic?" he quipped as the program moved on. The gathering included photo opportunities with his fellow cast...