Rules      FAQ       Register        Login
It is currently March 28th, 2024, 11:59 am

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Christopher Lee Really Wanted To Play Gandalf
PostPosted: January 7th, 2016, 10:08 am 
Gondorian
Gondorian
User avatar

Joined: 02 October 2015
Posts: 347
Location: On My Throne in Mirkwood
Country: Rohan (xr)
Gender: Male

Offline
Quote:
Last year, legendary actor Christopher Lee passed away. He had the opportunity to star in some pretty awesome and wonderful films over the course of his career. His role as Saruman the White in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings is definitely one of his most memorable roles.

According to Jackson, Lee was actually more interested in the taking on the role of Gandalf in the fantasy epic. The director wanted him in the role of Saruman from the very beginning, but Lee really, really wanted to play Gandalf.


More to the story
http://geektyrant.com/news/christopher-lee-really-wanted-to-play-gandalf-in-lord-of-the-rings

_________________
Image


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Christopher Lee Really Wanted To Play Gandalf
PostPosted: January 11th, 2016, 9:18 pm 
Warden of the Knight
Warden of the Knight
User avatar

Joined: 04 November 2005
Posts: 19521
Location: In a pudle on Naboo with dragon kind and ents and Jedi and wolves living in the Last Homely House!
Gender: Male

Offline
Hm. That is interesting. So The rivalry between the two wizards was deeper than we knew aye? ;) lol

I can see why he would want gandalf's roll, myself. I would.

_________________
Image

Image

Visit The Varsian Kingdom!


Top
 Profile       WWW     YIM        
 
 Post subject: Re: Christopher Lee Really Wanted To Play Gandalf
PostPosted: January 12th, 2016, 2:55 am 
Elf
Elf
User avatar

Joined: 11 August 2008
Posts: 1052
Location: Mirkwood
Country: United Kingdom (uk)
Gender: Female

Offline
I think it's been known for a long time that Christipher Lee as a massive Tolkien fan always wanted to play Gandalf. He said many times himself that when he heard they were adapting the books, he was eager to play the part.

But he also accepted he was too old to play Gandalf, because of the physical demands of the role, Ian McKellen was 17 years younger than him when he was cast. He also publicly accepted that PJ never really had him in mind for Gandalf anyway, largely for those reasons.

I also think some of PJs comments have been taken slightly out of context in the EW article, (and further still in Geeky Tyrant sifting it for click-bait). Of course Christopher Lee would vouch that Saruman was always a good man, he understood the character because he read the books yearly, and had met Tolkien himself, not just because he had always played bad guys. And He and Ian McKellen were also good friends as the oldest members of the cast, there was no rivalry between them asthey were both delighted to finally be working together. :)

_________________
Image


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Christopher Lee Really Wanted To Play Gandalf
PostPosted: January 12th, 2016, 8:34 am 
Warden of the Knight
Warden of the Knight
User avatar

Joined: 04 November 2005
Posts: 19521
Location: In a pudle on Naboo with dragon kind and ents and Jedi and wolves living in the Last Homely House!
Gender: Male

Offline
Yes, I am aware there was no rivalry in the set. I was just joking about the rivalry between saruman and gandalf.

I can only imagine how excited he was to play in the movies, being such a huge fan. That would be amazing.

_________________
Image

Image

Visit The Varsian Kingdom!


Top
 Profile       WWW     YIM        
 
 Post subject: Re: Christopher Lee Really Wanted To Play Gandalf
PostPosted: January 14th, 2016, 2:30 pm 
Istari
Istari
User avatar

Joined: 31 March 2014
Posts: 2129
Location: Camped at the Sarn Ford Ranger Camp
Country: Gondor (xg)
Gender: Male

Offline
I'm just happy we got to see him as Saruman one more time before he passed.

_________________
Top banner done by Thranduil.
Image

Image


Top
 Profile       WWW            
 
 Post subject: Re: Christopher Lee Really Wanted To Play Gandalf
PostPosted: January 14th, 2016, 2:35 pm 
Warden of the Knight
Warden of the Knight
User avatar

Joined: 04 November 2005
Posts: 19521
Location: In a pudle on Naboo with dragon kind and ents and Jedi and wolves living in the Last Homely House!
Gender: Male

Offline
I agree. I am very glad he got to be in the hobbit before he passed. It would have been undoable without him almost.

_________________
Image

Image

Visit The Varsian Kingdom!


Top
 Profile       WWW     YIM        
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 11 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to:  




Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
Boyz theme by Zarron Media 2003