That was my first experience with him too. When I met Peter S Beagle this year and he talked about the upcoming live movie, I couldn't help but feel a little sad. I figured Mr. Lee wouldn't get to be in it.Nooooooooo!
He's been on my radar since I was a little kid and he was King Haggard in The Last Unicorn. That distinctive bass rumble was as much his signature as his acting. 93 (and still working!) is a full life lived, but I will definitely miss his presence on screen.
Filming a scene in Return of the King (seen only in the extended version), when Grima Wormtongue (Brad Dourif) stabs Saruman in the back on top of the tower, Christopher Lee corrected Peter Jackson on the fact that when a person is stabbed in the back of the chest, they do not scream (as the director wanted), in fact the air is pushed out of their lungs and they “groan” with an exhalation of air, very quietly, as their lungs have been punctured.
From Peter Jackson’s DVD commentary: “When I was shooting the stabbing shot with Christopher, as a director would, I was explaining to him what he should do… And he says, ‘Peter, have you ever heard the sound a man makes when he’s stabbed in the back?’ And I said, 'Um, no.’ And he says 'Well, I have, and I know what to do.’”
The crew said that they knew Christopher Lee had been in the British Royal Air Force Intelligence Service in World War Two, and they didn’t really push him for more information about how he knew in such detail exactly what noise a person makes when this is done to them.
"Have you ever been an evil, all powerful wizard before? No? Let me show you how world domination is really done."-awesome stuff snip-
But how is that career?Chuck Norris:
Not dead.
(sorry)
Yeah I can't imagine he died with too many regrets.Usually I'd be really sad, thinking "too soon" etc etc, and I am sad that he's gone.
But this man had what sounds like an amazing adventure of a life, and at 93 I think he's earned that rest.
My first experience with him were animated and kids movies even though I didn't know his name at the time. He was the evil king Kato in the movie Mio in the land of Faraway. Sadly the fight with him is a little disappointingThis is bullshit; he was supposed to be an actual vampire. Maybe this is a cover-up ...
But if not, I'm glad for the memories. He led an amazing life, and shared a little of it with us through his talent. My first experience was Gremlins 2, his 200th movie, and even that was 20+ years ago. No idea what the count was by now.