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Sir Christopher Lee, who played Saruman in the Lord of the Rings movies, was the only actor to actually meet J. R. R. Tolkien personally.
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The reason Sir Christopher Lee does not speak in the 1966 film *Dracula: Prince of Darkness* is because he thought the lines for Dracula were so appalling that he refused to say them
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The inner columns of Windsor Guildhall don't actually touch the ceiling; Sir Christopher Wren was forced to add them at the insistence of the Council, however he made them short on purpose to prove that they were not needed in the first place.
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When actor, Sir Christopher Lee, was just a teenager, he witnessed the guillotine execution of serial killer, Eugen Weidmann
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Sir Christopher Lee's military records were embellished. Contrary to what reports and obituaries claimed, he did not served in the Special Air Service (SAS), Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) and Special Operations Executive (SOE).
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Sir Christopher Lee had a successful heavy metal music career up until his death at the age of 93, including a metal cover of Jingle Bells called "Jingle Hell", from his EP "A Heavy Metal Christmas Too".
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92 year old Sir Christopher Lee is not only known for his famous acting roles (The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Dracula, The Man with the Golden Gun, etc.), but is also a heavy metal singer.
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Many interesting facts about Sir Christopher Lee, including that he hunted Nazis
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Sir Christopher Lee was not just the only cast member of Lord of The Rings to meet Tolkien but his cousin was also Ian Fleming, he witnessed the last public execution by guillotine in France, was a Nazi hunter in WW2 and realised a metal album at age 90... AND practiced black magic.
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Up until a few years ago, Sir Christopher Lee was a singer in a heavy metal band.
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The late Sir Christopher Lee who portrayed both Saruman and Count Dooku released two symphonic metal albums as well as heavy metal renditions of Christmas classics, such as Little Drummer Boy
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Sir Christopher Lee, the actor who played Saruman in Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, also sings heavy metal christmas carols.
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In 2010 Sir Christopher Lee released and sang in a heavy metal opera all about Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne
Sir Christopher Blount was an English soldier, secret agent, and rebel who was beheaded in 1601 for high treason. - source
Sir Christopher Lee was witness to the last public beheading by guillotine in France. - source
Sir Christopher Lee's own favorite performance was in an obscure film called "Jinnah" about the life of the founder of Pakistan, in which he played the main character
Andrew Fletcher who said ""I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Christopher's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation." - source
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Sir Christopher Lee was Sherlock AND Mycroft Holmes
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The late Sir Christopher Lee is a badass and taught director Peter Jackson the real sound of someone being stabbed in the back during the filming of Lord of the Rings. It is believed he knows this first-hand through his service with the Finnish Army and British military intelligence during WWII.
