tisdag 12 februari 2013

Facts that fucks ones mind #1


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.


So I think we all shall reflect on the fact that whatever we do in life we won't be as awesome as Christopher Lee.




1 kommentar:

  1. 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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