In an old interview that is currently making the rounds on social media, the late Christopher Lee, who died in 2015 at the age of 93, returns to the funniest anecdote, recalling the time when he was confused by the cult character of Count Dracula. , a character he first played in 1958’s Terence Fisher’s A Nightmare on Dracula and in nearly a dozen films since.
Indeed, when asked if he had ever been mistaken for one of his most terrifying screen roles, Christopher Lee has a particularly funny story.
“Well, it happened once. Long time ago. 20 years ago, maybe more. My wife and I were returning from Italy to Switzerland and we had a flat tire.“
The actor then tells his wife to stay in the car while he goes to help.
“I told my wife, stay where there are houses, I’ll go to the lights and find a phone, hopefully I’ll call the repairman and everything will be fine. So I got out of the car, followed the car and disappeared because there was a huge hole that I couldn’t see in the dark. That’s how I disappeared. So my wife is a little surprised, maybe even relieved“- he says with pleasure.
Dracula’s Nightmare (1958)
He follows: “I trudged through acres of mud, dust, and sand and shuffled across fields, falling every five feet. And I went to the first guest’s house, I knocked on the door, and an Italian voice inside asked me: Who is it?“
Christopher Lee He then explains his predicament and asks if he can use the phone to call troubleshooters in broken Italian. The host takes it and opens the door: his dog is with him.
“They both looked at me, I was standing in the doorway, covered in mud from head to toe, looking a bit weird for a change, and the dog started barking and the man passed out! He made a terrible noise, a terrible scream, and said in Italian, “It is he!” And boom!“
When the (real) Dracula, or even just the real one Christopher LeeKnocking on the door, we imagine it sounds like this!
Hear the legendary actor’s own story in the video below:
Source: Allocine
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