Jagger auditioned for the role of Dr. Frank N. Furter in the 1975 film adaptation of "The Rocky Horror Show", a role that was eventually played by Tim Curry, the original performer from its theatrical run in London's West End. The same year he was approached by director Alejandro Jodorowsky to play the role of Feyd-Rautha in Jodorowsky's proposed adaptation of Frank Herbert's "Dune", but the movie never made it to the screen. Jagger appeared as himself in the Rutles' film "All You Need Is Cash" (1978) and was cast as Wilbur, a main character in Werner Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo", in the late 1970s. However, the illness of main actor Jason Robards (later replaced by Klaus Kinski), and a delay in the film's notoriously difficult production, resulted in him being unable to continue due to schedule conflicts with a band tour; some footage of Jagger's work is shown in the documentaries "Burden of Dreams" and "My Best Fiend". Jagger developed a reputation for playing the heavy later in his acting career in films including "Freejack" (1992), "Bent" (1997), and "The Man From Elysian Fields" (2002).