Entertainment TV 'Rocky Horror' Stars Remember First Time They Saw the Cult Classic: 'It Changed My Life' The Rocky Horror Picture Show airs Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on Fox By Lanford Beard Lanford Beard Lanford Beard has been with PEOPLE since 2015. In addition to serving as the Senior Digital TV Editor, she has edited for Lifestyle and News verticals across the site. Lanford previously worked at Entertainment Weekly, NBC News and Ralph Lauren, to name a few. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Middlebury College and a Master's of Science degree from Columbia University's School of Journalism. People Editorial Guidelines Published on October 20, 2016 11:43 AM Share Tweet Pin Email You never forget your first time. The stars of Fox’s Rocky Horror Picture Show revamp are sharing memories of when they originally watched the cult-classic 1975 movie musical — and how it impacted their lives. Star Laverne Cox, who is taking over the role originally played by Tim Curry, previously told PEOPLE how Curry influenced her self-perception as a young transgender woman. “I have such incredible reverence for the first film. It changed my life when I discovered it,” she told PEOPLE from the remake’s Toronto set. “The song ‘Don’t Dream It, Be It’ became a personal mantra of mine.” Leading man Ryan McCartan shared, “I saw it when I was 11 or 12 or something, and even all the way back then it was like, ‘I want to play Brad Majors someday.’ ” Christina Milian and Victoria Justice were both children of Rocky fans, taking in a midnight showing with their mothers, and Justice specifically recalls being “enthralled” after her first viewing in fifth grade. Years later, she recalls, “When I was 15, I went to my first ever midnight showing with a few of my close friends and our moms actually, and they knew that we were first-timers so I wore lipstick with a big V all over my face — for “virgin” not “Victoria.” It was so much fun.” The Rocky Horror Picture Show airs Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.