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Christopher Lee (93)

#1

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Looks like we lost one of our greatest actors today.


#2

chris

chris

just heard about it :(.


#3

Celt Z

Celt Z

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.


#4

Terrik

Terrik

Well, shit.


#5

rac3r_x

rac3r_x

:(


#6

PatrThom

PatrThom

Welp, there goes the backup plan for Megabyte.
His was a towering presence in acting and his personality was deep. He was definitely someone who had a "knowing smile."

--Patrick


#7

PatrThom

PatrThom

I will send him off with fitting tribute.



--Patrick


#8

Bubble181

Bubble181

As Celt Z said, 93 and still working, you can't really ask for more....But it's still a shame to see him go. Great actor.


#9

Emrys

Emrys

Thank you for the memories, Mr. Lee. You'll be missed.


#10

fade

fade

But how will they shoehorn Saruman into the Silmarillion quintilogy now?


#11

Emrys

Emrys

CGI.


#12

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I am still astonished that he was still the frontman for a heavy metal band.


#13

Dave

Dave

He was in such great health, too. Got a respiratory thing that a 93 year old body just couldn't handle. Sucks, man.


#14

GasBandit

GasBandit

Dang. Wonder if the lead singer from Lords of Acid ever got her date.



#15

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Christopher Lee did everything in the Chuck Norris jokes for reals. RIP sir. :(


#16

@Li3n

@Li3n

Damn hobbits finally got him...

RIP, guy who could scare you with a look more then any monster from the same film he was in...


#17

Gryfter

Gryfter

Goodnight dark prince....


#18

Cajungal

Cajungal

Celt Z said:
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.
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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.

He had an amazing life. So many great roles and so many great experiences. Rest well, sir.


#19

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

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.
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#20

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

sixpackshaker said:
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"Have you ever been an evil, all powerful wizard before? No? Let me show you how world domination is really done."

-Christopher Lee, probably.


#21

Just Me

Just Me

I saw and heard him live reading from the Lord of the Rings accompanying the Tolkien Ensemble back in 2008 (had to look that up, how time goes by...).

He was tired because there was a traffic jam on the way to the theatre, but he took the time to for a group picture, as promised, with us extras after the show. A really impressive figure. Tall and stern, and he also managed a nod and a "Thank you" as he turned to leave. What a voice, I'll treasure that moment forever.


#22

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

I hope I can make it to 93 and be as active and clear-minded. Those are some good genes.

He would have grown up with the new invention of sound in film, and then seen all the amazing changes in film.

He has done so many films; what a prolific career.


#23

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

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.


#24

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker



#25

fade

fade

Chuck Norris:
Not dead.





(sorry)


#26

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

fade said:
Chuck Norris:
Not dead.





(sorry)
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But how is that career?


#27

Cajungal

Cajungal

And also he's in league with Kirk Cameron.


#28

Bowielee

Bowielee

Christopher Lee will ALWAYS be the face of Dracula to me. I love Gary Oldman, but those old Dracula films were the basis of my love of horror movies. Not a single vampire has scared me since him.


#29

Simfers

Simfers

Saw that this morning. Rest in peace, great wizard king. You've earned it.


#30

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

This 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.


#31

bhamv3

bhamv3

Y'know, old as he was, I just sort of assumed he was going to live forever. The world was always going to have Christopher Lee, with his deep voice and awesome screen presence. He was never going to die.

Seems... weird... now that he's gone. Like it's utterly unreal and unbelievable.


#32

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

I think the problem is someone keeps letting Stan Lee siphon life from aging stars in order to fuel his Immortality Machine.


#33

blotsfan

blotsfan

CynicismKills said:
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.
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Yeah I can't imagine he died with too many regrets.


#34

IronBrig4

IronBrig4

Can't say I'm really sad about this. I'll miss seeing him in movies, of course, but he had a full life. He did what he loved right up until the end and faced the final curtain with a bow. That's not a bad way to go.


#35

chris

chris

Zero Esc said:
This 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.
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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 disappointing

(Skip to 9:20 to see more of him and the fight but be aware that you will see the end of the movie too. And a little bit of trivia, Mios friend is played by Christian Bale.)

He was also King Haggard in the german version of the last unicorn.


And he was Thor and Odin in the german dub of the danish animated movie Valhalla.


#36

PatrThom

PatrThom

chris said:
He was also King Haggard in the german version of the last unicorn.
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He was King Haggard in the English version, too. And I'd bet also for the versions dubbed in every other language that he spoke.

--Patrick


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