As Peter Jackson continues his march to what everyone thought was a sure-to-never-be-made Hobbit movie, he’s been slowly re-collecting all the actors that appeared in the Lord Of The Rings. Now, he’s got Saruman, as Christopher Lee has announced that he’ll be in the movie…if he’s not too busy suffering from being so dang old. According to his official website:
Sir. Christopher Lee had been in talks to reprise his role as the wizard Saruman and it now looks certain, providing that he is in good health, that he will be appearing in the movie.
Lee was born in 1922, so he’ll be turning 89 this year. Now, that may not seem old when you’re talking about immortal Tolkien characters, but it’s pretty ancient in the real world. In fact, to put it in perspective, here are a few things that Christopher Lee is older than:
- Time Magazine
- Interpol
- The Empire State Building
- The Valentine’s Day Massacre
- The Scopes Monkey Trial
- The first prototype television
- Talking movies
So, the guy is old. And frankly, we’ve got no problem with him dropping out of the movie if it’s a choice between that or dying, especially since Saruman isn’t actually in the book.
Christopher Lee deserves to live forever…if only for The Wicker Man.
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He has to be one of the ugliest people alive. Even uglier than that dude on Discovery Channel who has moss and leaves and other tree shit growing on him.
Sir Christopher is,and will always be,the quintessential Count Dracula to me(Sorry,Bela Lugosi)!
To suggest that Sir Christopher is one of the ugliest people alive is to expose you’ve led an isolated, insular existence or that you are a simpleton.
In the Hobbit, Gandalf talks about the White Council driving the Necromancer from Dol Guldur. If they’ve signed up Lee to play Saruman, could be we’ll see that as a scene.
The point of this article is to confirm that Christopher Lee is to appear in The Hobbit, fair enough. “If he ain’t busy dying” on the other hand, is just really disrespectful.
Oldest dude to release a symphonic metal album!!!
Why does Jackson feel the need to shoehorn in as many LOTR characters as possible, despite them being absent from The Hobbit? I fear we’re going to have an “Episode I Effect” with this movie
I’ll just leave this link right here…
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I for one am glad to know that Christopher Lee is still alive! The comment “if he is,nt too busy dying” is extremely disrespectful and very rude. It shows that the author of that remark is not only extremely callous,but also highlites his/her immaturity!!!!