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Kate Beckinsale looks worlds away from her usual self as she turns up at West End opening of The Rocky Horror Show in makeup and costume inspired by the cult musical


The Hollywood actress, 51, is often pictured looking glamorous for red carpet occasions, but instead decided to channel the themes of the cult musical itself.

Another snap revealed that Kate teetered to the event on huge heels as she posed next to a friend who had dressed up as the character of The Usherette, who belts out the opening number Science Fiction. Richard O'Brien's spooky musical started life as a parody of B-movies and opened in the West End in 1973 before being adapted into a movie starring Tim Curry two years later. Another snap revealed that Kate teetered to the event on huge heels as she posed next to a friend who had dressed up as the character of The Usherette, who belts out the opening number Science Fiction.

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