Tim Curry Was Taken to the Hospital While Shooting Clue's Multiple Endings
tim curry, 79, said he was taken to the hospital on July 25 after a day of shooting Clue’s multiple endings, and he revisited those memories during a conversation at The Academy's Margaret Herrick Library with archivist Louise Hilton.
Tim Curry at the Margaret Herrick Library
The actor visited the Margaret Herrick Library to check out artifacts from his career and spoke with archivist Louise Hilton in a video on YouTube. Hilton read a daily production note that said, "On July 25th, Tim Curry was taken to the hospital at wrap, reported not feeling well. Doctor says it was high blood pressure. " The visit focused on his film work and the paperwork held in the archive.
Hospital note and an exhausting day on the Clue set
Curry described the day highlighted in the paperwork as the one when his character Wadsworth ran through the house demonstrating how each murder would have been committed. "That was the day that we shot me running around, demonstrating each murder, " he said, adding that the sequence left him "verkelmpt. " The running and demonstrations were framed as physically demanding for the comical butler role.
Four endings, a deleted finale and a near-miss casting
The archive file included paperwork indicating four Clue endings, though only three were ever released. Curry said there was an ending in which his character committed all the murders and that it was his favorite; he said the studio did not release it because it was "too obvious. " Hilton also told Curry about a brief possibility in which he might have played a different part: an early iteration of the film cast him as Mr. Green, with Carrie Fisher as Miss Scarlett and Leslie Ann Warren as Mrs. White, a version Curry said he had not known about.
Remembering Home Alone 2 and Macaulay Culkin
Beyond Clue, tim curry recalled working on the 1992 comedy Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, where he played the Plaza Hotel concierge. He said the cast stayed at the hotel, that he "had a view of a brick wall, " and that Macaulay Culkin "used to stay up watching late-night movies and fall asleep in the makeup chair. " Curry added, "I liked him. He was a very nice kid. "
The recorded conversation at the Margaret Herrick Library collects Curry’s on-set memories alongside the library’s production paperwork and artifacts. The chat is available in a video on YouTube, where archivist Louise Hilton and Curry review the documents and footage he brought up during their conversation.
