“I hope I will be”: he explained Dracula and Sarumen, but Christopher Lee always dreamed of embodimenting this other character

Most of the cinephiles, it was the Count Dracula’s very embodiment of Hammer terror classics. An unforgettable Scaramanga in a golden pistol man, in front of the 007 agent, Christopher Lee also gone offspring – at least with younger generations – for the embodiment of Saraan’s magician, in the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of Peter Jackson.

A fertile and distinctive sound actor that shows more than 230 roles for films only for cinema, this 1m98 giant, a large fan of metal music to eternal, until in 2010, at the age of 87, was an authentic Jackie. Actor, of course, but also producer, speaker, musician, opera singer, photographer. And even polyglot.

This is absolutely impeccable in French that the actor published in an interview in 1969 and was precisely maintained by Ina, the role that performed his glory in the hammer.

“I believe I’m the only one in the history of cinema who portrayed Frankenstein, La Mum, Dracula, Fu Manchu, Sherlock Holmes, Rasputin …” It begins until the legendary character created by Bram Stoker is a little further away. “I, of course, read the novel by Bram Stoker when I was very young.

“I hope …”

And Lee, to naturally expand in the discussion of his eagerness in the future “The Roll of a Dream” : Victor Hugo’s laugh. “The film was made in 1928, with a silent version of the great actor Conrad wedt I would like to shoot this role, one day … I hope I will do it ” He said. Unfortunately, his desire will remain pious, and his career will continue from this interview 45 years later.

Lee has the right to pay tribute to this extraordinary film, signed by Paul Lenny. The story takes place in England at the end of the 17th century. King Jacques will be liberated by his enemy, Lord Klancharl and sells his young son, Genplin, children’s traffickers who deprive him of it. The boy ran away and saves the blind from the cold, the blind child. Both collect Ursus, a fair square. Gwnplin, baptized “L’Homme Who Laughs”, becomes the famous route of the cast …

The very populated and impressive embodiment of Conrad Weidt in Guinblin’s Guinplin also went off the offspring, as it was a direct source of inspiration for Bob Kane to create the Joker.

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