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RE: RIP Christopher Lee
June 11, 2015 at 12:30 pm
(June 11, 2015 at 12:22 pm)Exian Wrote: (June 11, 2015 at 9:04 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: The only LotR actor to actuall meet Tolkein. Also got his personal permission to play Gandalf. WW2 veteran, metal band member, Bond villain, Sith Lord, badass. RIP Sir Lee.
Gandalf? There's either more to the story, or you slipped up.  No it's true, Lee was originally going to play Gandalf. I'm not sure what happened to have McKellen take the role - perhaps Lee was a bit too old by the time the films were made - but either way both parts were absolutely perfectly filled 
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RE: RIP Christopher Lee
June 11, 2015 at 12:40 pm
Check out the man's filmography. Jesus, did he ever have time for a vacation?
He'll be missed. And yes, he is and always will be the only Dracula (ok, maybe also the creepy guy from the original Nosferatu) for me.
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RE: RIP Christopher Lee
June 11, 2015 at 12:50 pm
(June 11, 2015 at 10:44 am)abaris Wrote: (June 11, 2015 at 10:18 am)Stimbo Wrote: He was also involved with the Special Operations Executive during WWII and known to have a genuine licence to kill - which he used - and much of his career is still top secret.
At least he refused to talk about it. How much of it really is top secret and how much clever image building, can be debated.
He told a tale where he was filming and the director told him to imagine the sound of someone being stabbed, to which he replied he did not need to imagine.
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RE: RIP Christopher Lee
June 11, 2015 at 6:32 pm
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Not taking owt from Christopher Lee, but how tragic is it that Ron Moody snuffed it the same day?
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RE: RIP Christopher Lee
June 11, 2015 at 7:11 pm
(June 11, 2015 at 6:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Not taking owt from Christopher Lee, but how tragic is it that Ron Moody snuffed it the same day?
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RE: RIP Christopher Lee
June 11, 2015 at 7:12 pm
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(June 11, 2015 at 12:50 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: He told a tale where he was filming and the director told him to imagine the sound of someone being stabbed, to which he replied he did not need to imagine.
I think it's in one of the commentaries on one of the Lord of the Rings discs.
And why the hell doesn't this board combine posts anymore?
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RE: RIP Christopher Lee
June 11, 2015 at 7:53 pm
(June 11, 2015 at 7:12 pm)abaris Wrote: ...
And why the hell doesn't this board combine posts anymore?
That is discussed in this thread:
http://atheistforums.org/thread-33846.html
If you want to add to a post that you just posted, you can use the edit feature for that post.
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RE: RIP Christopher Lee
June 11, 2015 at 7:56 pm
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RE: RIP Christopher Lee
June 11, 2015 at 11:59 pm
(June 11, 2015 at 7:11 pm)abaris Wrote: (June 11, 2015 at 6:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Not taking owt from Christopher Lee, but how tragic is it that Ron Moody snuffed it the same day?
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