Christopher
Lee is turning 91 this may.
Sir Christopher
Lee is an actor known for playing a lot of villians such as Count Dracula in
several Hammer Horror movies, Mohammed Ali Jonnah the founder of Pakistan in
the film Jinnah , Count Dooku in the Star Wars Prequels, and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings movies.
He’s also a
singer and has made 2 Heavy Metal albums based on Charlemagne (whom is Christopher’s
ancestor).
By making
his second album set to be released this year he has received the Guinness
World Record for being the oldest metal performer.
And when
talking about world records it’s of course worth mentioning that he has
performed roles in 275 films since 1946 making him the person who has had most
acting roles ever, he also holds the record of actor with the most profitable
movies with well over 4 billion dollars in his filmography.
And what do
I want to achieve with this?
Just to
tell you that Christopher Lee is FUCKING AWESOME!
Some other
fun facts:
Sir
Christopher Lee saw the last public execution by guillotine in France in 1939,
he also knows the name of every official public executioner employed by England
from all the way back to the mid 15th century.
He was the
only person who worked with the Lord of the ring films to actually meet Tolkien,
he also reads the Lord of the Rings trilogy every year, ever since it was first
published. He was also the first person to be casted to the movies.
He’s the
step cousin of Ian Flemming who wrote the James Bond novels and was the first choice
to play Dr. No.
He speaks
English, German, French, Italian and Spanish fluently and also knows some
Swedish, Russian and Greek.
That is awesome! I never knew all of those things. To think that he has been connected to so much, and to know all of those languages and be so accomplished? I am envious :)
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