RIP Christopher Lee, actor and absolute legend

Links234

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11666316/christopher-lee-dies-live.html

Seriously sad day

Samaris

Gah, seeing your post there made me squeak. Seriously sad day indeed.

Pyr0

Such a great actor, had a knack for playing 'Villians' in movies from recent memory, eventually branched off into music and released some heavy metal albums which was quite unexpected but cool none the less!

RIP

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11666316/christopher-lee-dies-live.html

Sir Christopher Lee, the screen legend whose career took him from Hammer horror to Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and a role as one of the great Bond villains, has died. He was 93.

The veteran actor died at 8.30am on Sunday at London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, sources close to his family said.

He had been treated there for respiratory problems and heart failure over the preceding three weeks and turned 93 in hospital.

somesoldiers

93, wow he had a good old innings though as they would say over the Irish Sea, RIP

gerrybbadd

Ah jays - A giant in the movie world. He's gonna be a huge loss.

RIP:(

MarkAnthony

Great Actor, good innings at 93!

Pac1Man

Ah no! Very sad but he a good innings all the same. Incredible voice.

Kristopherus

Fagin, aka Ron Moody, has had his pocket picked. Good innings too at 91. RIP to both.

Timberrrrrrrr

Hope someone has hammered a stake through his heart




Ya know





Just in case.

Mesrine65

RIP Mr. Lee, what a gentleman...

Had no idea he was that old, imagine he was making films at 92.. Still able and active.

Thought it was a feat that Kirk Douglas was still alive but there wasn't much between them really and Lee seemed to be in better shape.

Samaris

A very fitting quote from Robbie Collins' Telegraph tribute to him:

"Of all Lee’s performances, it’s his entrance in the first Lord of the Rings film that I just can’t shake. “Smoke rises from the mountain of Doom, the hour grows late…” he intones, gliding down Orthanc’s black staircase to receive the friend he’d already in his heart betrayed.

In The Two Towers, Tolkien devotes an entire paragraph to describing Saruman’s voice. It is “low and melodious, its very sound an enchantment…for those whom it conquered, the spell endured when they were far away, and ever they heard that soft voice, whispering and urging them.” That’s also unmistakably Lee’s voice, and Lee’s physicality, and Lee’s undying talent. He was the shadow at the top of the stairs, the smiling predator beckoning you in, the flash of silver in the dark."

I had shivers reading that Saruman quote. I can hear his voice in my head perfectly, despite not having seen the movie in years.

humanji

Threads merged

NachoBusiness

Time to keep his appointment with the Wicker Man.

RIP.

nokia69

he had an amazing life

fought for the Finnish in the Winter War against the Russians, was in the SAS, fought in WW2, became a Nazi hunter and released a heavy metal album, was a Bond villain, Count Dracula, Lord of the Rings villain, and a star wars villain

thats some going for one man, RIP Christopher

RosyLily

Love him!! My dad got me interested in Hammer Horror from a young age. Sir Christopher terrified me but I was in awe of him. Such great screen presence. He was perfect as Saruman.

RIP Sir.:(

the_monkey

BBC still not reporting this ... RIP if true

Sunnyisland

RIP.

Wibbs

nokia69 wrote: »

he had an amazing life

fought for the Finnish in the Winter War against the Russians, was in the SAS, fought in WW2, became a Nazi hunter and released a heavy metal album, was a Bond villain, Count Dracula, Lord of the Rings villain, and a star wars villain

thats some going for one man, RIP Christopher

Apparently the stuff he did in the war hasn't even begun to come to light. He was also a witness to the last public execution by guillotine in France.

Sad day alright.

Mousewar

The greatest voice in cinema history. RIP.

endacl

92 isn't a bad score. A lot of life to be celebrated.

Mousewar

And to think he was doing somersaults in Star Wars just a few short years ago.

https://youtu.be/eYT3ctPuVRw?t=43s

pmasterson95

Saruman!

Mr. CooL ICE

While we can only guess at what sort of classified things Christopher Lee got up to while he was in the SAS, one incident during the filming of Lord of the Rings gives insight into the kind of action that he saw. In a scene reserved for the extended version of Return of the King, underling Grima Wormtongue stabs Saruman in the back. Director Peter Jackson was coaching his actors on how to approach the scene, when something unexpected happened. Christopher Lee asked Jackson if he knew what it sounded like when someone was stabbed in the back. He then followed it up with: “Because I do.”

According to Peter Jackson, Christopher Lee then began talking about “some clandestine part of World War II,” although, as always, he withheld details. Jackson had wanted him to shout in pain when he was stabbed. Lee explained that when you are stabbed, “the breath is driven out of your lungs,” and he gave a good impression of what it would actually sound like—more like a strangled gasp.

Source

DeBurca

A sad day indeed, for me the one and only Count Dracula

Samaris

2015 is continuing its Grim Reaper phase from 2014 in terms of greats dying off.

Mal-Adjusted

RIP to a legend of cinema.

it's kinda weird, nobody is confirming it and SKY say that the telegraph have a copy of his death certificate from Sunday.

Gatling

Absolutely gutted to read this .

He was always Count Dracula and master of Hammer house of horror .

Absolute legend of a man

Mousewar

Samaris wrote: »

Aaargh, DeForrest Kelley (Dr. Bones) just died as well.

2015, are you aiming to claim as big a number of greats as 2014 was?

Huh? He's been dead years.

Samaris

Mousewar wrote: »

Huh? He's been dead years.

Goddamit, I was really hoping to edit that before anyone caught it.

Yeah, someone commented on it on Fb, and I looked it up to see he'd died on June 11th. Didn't look at the year though! I thought he was still going, mind you. I must have confused him with the chap that played Chekov

Vandango

A very sad day for the movie industry. RIP Chris.

Tipsy McSwagger

He read The Lord of the Rings every year and met Tolkien once, a true fan of the books.

beauf

nokia69 wrote: »

he had an amazing life

fought for the Finnish in the Winter War against the Russians, was in the SAS, fought in WW2, became a Nazi hunter and released a heavy metal album, was a Bond villain, Count Dracula, Lord of the Rings villain, and a star wars villain

thats some going for one man, RIP Christopher

Worth repeating that...

“I was attached to the SAS from time to time but we are forbidden – former, present, or future – to discuss any specific operations. Let’s just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read into that what they like.”

Christopher Lee was Ian Fleming’s cousin. Both were distantly related to Charlemagne

When pressed by an eager interviewer on his SAS past, he leaned forward and whispered: “Can you keep a secret?”

“Yes!” the interviewer replied, breathless with excitement.

“So can I.” replied a smiling Lee, sitting back in his chair.

http://wlmager.tumblr.com/post/42350397080/christopher-lee-the-real-james-bond-i-was

Legend

Tony EH

Links234 wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11666316/christopher-lee-dies-live.html

Seriously sad day

Another one of my Hammer favorites gone.

Funnily enough, I only re-watched 'Dracula' on the weekend.

Un Croissant

It really is one of those headlines that you re-read and go 'wait what? Awh ****.'

Tony EH

Wibbs wrote: »

Apparently the stuff he did in the war hasn't even begun to come to light. He was also a witness to the last public execution by guillotine in France.

Sad day alright.

It won't. A lot of his activities are still held under the OSA.

Arsemageddon

A great actor and a truly great man.

Goodbye Lord Summerisle.

Ní bheidh a leithéid ann arís

123balltv

Such a unique looking man, I loved him in Gremlins
RIP Christopher Lee

BlaasForRafa

An immense actor in every sense of the word, he easily stole every scene he was in with his presence and deep baritone voice. One of his early films was on tv at the weekend, A Tale of Two Cities, where he was suitably cruel and evil as the Marquis de Evremonde in the adaption of Dicken's book.

Overheal

He was an awesome Saruman, Count Dooku was meh.

BlaasForRafa

Overheal wrote: »

He was an awesome Saruman, Count Dooku was meh.

You have to consider the source material. One screenplay was inspired by an Oxford professor who set the template for a whole genre of fiction for half a century, the other was written by the man who created Jar Jar Binks.

humanji

And in fairness to him, he made Dooku a better character than Lucas had written.

Ave Sodalis

As a massive fan of Lord of the Rings, I'm truly saddened to hear this. A great man and a great actor. In one of the LOTR documentaries I watched, Jackson stated that he loves working with Christopher as he could listen to his stories all day, and he was kind to everyone on set. He often had a large group of people around him as he told his stories. It's a true loss to the world of acting.

RIP Christopher Lee, and thank you.

AllGunsBlazing

You just don't get Hollywood actors with that kind of life story anymore, do you?

RIP.

KilOit

Seemed like a absolute gent
There's a good backstage footage of him on the Hobbit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxdCIf91mcQ

LadyFenghuang

One of my all time favorite films, was also his favorite work unless I am mistaken, the Wicker man, it was his favorite role and I am glad of that. There is an essence about that film, something just from the heart. It stirred something in me. He possessed a rare grace and a great sense of humor which was brought out in later work.

He has so many fans. RIP. :-(

Dirty Dingus McGee

He said in an interview on Channel 4 (when the were doing one of those 100 greatest film shows) that the Wicker Man was the best film he was ever in.

It was a class film and he was excellent in it.

frostyjacks

RIP Christopher Lee

Tall, dark and gruesome..in his own words. A very watchable actor in any film he was in.

I liked him as Scaramanga, "Come, come, Mr. Bond, you disappoint me. You get as much fulfillment out of killing as I do". Great villain.

You just don't get actors like him anymore.

kowloon

Eutow

I have to mention The Wicker Man as others have done.

A reason to hate Bond, he kills Scaramanga.

Riddle101

Guy was a legend, RIP.