If there was ever an actor that meant a lot to me it was him. I started watching his Dracula movies when I was 6. Considering they were rated R18 you'd think I'd have been terrified. But I absolutely loved them and would watch them repeatedly. I followed his movies as I grew up which was very hard to do in the 80s and 90s. Once the internet was fully fleshed out I got a chance to track down all the movies I'd missed or not known about. Even getting my hands on his autobiography and the huge hardcover books from the Hammer horror films which had plenty of pictures of him from his days filming dracula and even quotes from him.
While I was lucky enough to get a personally signed book from him with my name written too, I never got to meet him in person. Absolutely kills me I never managed this. I'll forever be envious of all the people who got to speak to him and even call him their friend. Would have loved so much to be able to sit there and listen to him speak and tell stories and everything. The world has lost a titan of cinema. One of the last of the old school actors. He reached the amazing age of 93. He is the reason I love horror so much. It's strange getting emotional over someone I've never met. But hes an exception to the rule for me. There will be no more movies. No more songs. No more personal video recordings from him on youtube. It's a dark day. Forever a legend.
Sir Christopher Lee.. I'm not horror person so I probably did not see his name pop up on my computer screen as much as it should. I first saw him in Star Wars as a villain and pretty much it. For a strong man and legend to last at the age of 93 should be someone to look up, which I'll be checking him out in the future.
ReplyDeleteHe gathered many new fans during his LOTR and star wars period that didnt know him before. Mostly younger fans who wouldnt of had the chance to know about his previous movies. But how rare is that for an actor to be able to pull in so much variety of people to like his characters and him as an actor. He's beyond words. He was a titan.
DeleteIf there's one thing positive in all this, is that he'll no doubt create more and more fans who'll check him out in very iconic roles. Pretty sure there are millions of Christopher Lee fans that will spread the good word out there :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely. Even the tv stations are showing many of his films this week. Absolutely loved his dracula films. More and more of them coming out on bluray too which is brilliant.
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