‘We’re going to watch it with the nurses’: At the age of 93 and after 200 films, this legendary actor re-watched The Lord of the Rings on the last night of his life.

Ten years after his death, Christopher Lee remains inseparable from The Lord of the Rings, and it seems that he has decided to live the saga to the end. According to the documentary The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee, the actor actually spent the last evening of his life watching the Peter Jackson trilogy.

Known for playing the wizard Saruman, Christopher Lee In fact was an unconditional enthusiast of the world created by JRR Tolkien. He auditioned for the role of Gandalf (eventually won by Ian McKellen) and had the opportunity to meet the author himself as a young man. A devoted reader of books, he re-read the saga that marked him so every year.

in the hospital, a day before his death, on June 7, 2015, at the age of 93, Christopher Lee He decided to rekindle his passion one last time.

“That night she said, “The Lord of the Rings is on TV, so we’re watching it with the nurses, I’ll explain how the movie was made,” because she loved that movie.“, reported Juan Aneiros, his son-in-law, in a documentary (Via Yahoo Movies). The actor with a long legendary career shared his passion till the last minute.

The evening marked a final personal tribute to a work he deeply cherished. Christopher Lee He died after giving the medical team a final commentary on the film, certainly including some unforgettable anecdotes, thus closing his life in the company of the saga he loved so much.

Reruns of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy on HBO Max.