Although christopher lee, who died at the age of 93, is famous, most people still remember him as Count Dooku in the Star Wars series and Saruman, the white wizard in the The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Many people ignore that he is also the villain of the 007 series movies, and the "golden gunman" is a childhood nightmare for horror movie lovers; He is also a soldier who witnessed World War II, one of Bond's prototypes, a veritable "ace agent", a rock star, an amateur opera singer, and even a low-key royal family ... His 93-year life experience may not be finished in dozens of novels, but the following 10 is enough for you to understand why he is not only a great actor, but also a real legend.
1, participated in World War II
From 65438 to 0939, christopher lee, a teenager, joined the ranks of many warm-blooded men at that time on the battlefield of World War II. However, his war experience is not only wonderful, but also full of mystery.
Christopher Lee was in Finland when he joined the army, and he was not entrusted with a heavy responsibility. After narrowly escaping back to England, he joined the army again. Soon, an important task came. What task? In the old man's own words, "I can tell you, but I must kill you immediately after I finish."
He served in the British Air Force Special Forces (SAS), the first elite special forces in modern warfare. All the tasks performed by the old man during this period have not been decrypted so far, and he himself never revealed any details when he was alive. But what is certain is that the fighting actions and life-and-death tests he has experienced are definitely much more than the experiences he shared in the interview, which should be unimaginable for people living in peacetime. These "real bloody horror" experiences make it difficult for him to be moved by such a plot in the film. He once said that every soldier who witnessed the atrocities of the war almost stopped crying, except when he said goodbye to his friends who had fought together.
Step 2 meet Tolkien
Perhaps the most famous movie character in Old Li Tou is Saruman, a white wizard, but few people know why he can play this role so well. In the whole cast of The Lord of the Rings, only he personally saw Tolkien. It is no exaggeration to say that he may be the only person in the whole entertainment circle who personally dealt with Tolkien in his heyday. The story began when Lao Li was still young. When his friend went to a bar for a drink, he met Tolkien, the founder of Middle-earth. Lao Li, who was still Xiao Li at that time, was so nervous that he only said "hello" for a long time because he saw the idol himself at close range.
As a veteran fan, the old man has always been eager to play Gandalf. In fact, when he first got the script from director Peter Jackson, he prepared it according to Gandalf, but in the end, the director decided to let him play Saruman. He thought it was because he was old at that time that Gandalf needed a lot of performances that challenged his physical strength. For example, there are many scenes of fighting on horseback. Considering that old arms and legs may be difficult to complete, Ian McKellen, who is 17 years younger than him, was invited to play. The old man knows this, but he can't hide his regret. Of course, it is not because Gandalf Pisa Ruman has many plays, but because many important plays were cut after the editing of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was completed. As a senior fan, the old man said that he was a little upset. Interestingly, Tolkien himself expressed the hope that Lao Li could play Gandalf. Everything would have been different if the shooting time had been earlier.
Step 3 play with heavy metals
Although he looks very kind, he has a heavy metal heart after carrying a gun on the battlefield. In fact, the earliest old Li Tou began to "sing when his acting skills are good" at 1998. At that time, the record was called Christopher Lee Singing Demons, Villains, Villains (christopher lee Singing Demons, Rogues & Other villains), the cover album Revelation 20 10 was published in 2006, and the first real heavy metal album Charlemagne: By Sword and Cross was born. By this time, he was 88 years old, compared with Rolling Stone.
Of course, Lao Li's first album is more than just playing with tickets. In 20 13, the second heavy metal album "Charlemagne: the omen of death", which tells the story of Charlemagne's brilliant career, came out. He collaborated with the guitarist Ricky Faulkner of The Judas Priest to complete this album, which was well received by all parties. The old man also won the "Metal Spirit Award" of the heavy rock award "Metal Hammer Gold God". When this album met with you, he was already 9 1 year old.
That's not all. He also produced three Christmas EP's, 20 12 "Heavy Metal Christmas", and the classic Christmas songs were adapted into heavy metal versions, which were both cheap and lovely.
He was writing a new book until last year. EP Metal Knight 20 14 was released on May 26th. Last Christmas, Lao Li's third heavy metal Christmas single came out. It's a pity that we can't hear the old man's new songs this Christmas.
4. Not only the altitude is high, but also the output is high.
Although the old man with a height of 1.96 meters is not the first altitude in Hollywood, just like a beautiful actress can easily become a "vase", an actor with such outstanding conditions will have such an embarrassing situation. The height of the well-known "Best Actor" male star is even lower than the average height of his peers. However, the outstanding acting skills and wide play of the old man can make people ignore his proud long legs, and sometimes the director even deliberately makes him "short" to avoid stealing the limelight of his acting skills.
Although his height is considered unfavorable for opera, the old man still ranks among the "most starring" male stars. According to IMDB statistics, he always plays the leading role 250 times, and he is a veritable super-high-yield male leading role.
I won a horror film and don't want to make a bad one.
Before becoming a white wizard and Count Dooku, Lee was a "horror expert". At the beginning of his acting career, he starred in Dracula series films. Because of his outstanding performance in Dracula, where elegance and horror coexist, it led to a big box office sale. Like many similar films, although the box office is excellent, the quality of one film is not as good as the other. Lao Li, who didn't want to continue making bad films, decided to quit Dracula and find another way. However, the producers "emotionally extorted" him for the box office, even coaxed him into cheating, and even threatened to "ban him if he didn't listen". In the end, determined to get rid of the shackles of bad movies, he decided to focus on professional ethics and eventually did not become one of the many good actors destroyed by bad movies.
6, singing opera
He not only plays rock and roll, but also has opera blood in his body. Because of his Italian descent, his great-grandmother and grandparents are engaged in opera. Influenced by the strong musical atmosphere, he showed his singing talent very early. At that time, the famous opera singer tenor Jussi Bjorling took a fancy to his talent and advised him to join the opera troupe permanently, preparing to train him to embark on the road of opera.
But then christopher lee decided to become a film actor. Therefore, the film industry is fortunate to have a powerful actor, while the opera industry has unfortunately lost a superstar. Of course, judging from the record of the old man's music career in his later years, he never gave up his love for singing.
7. Met the legendary murderer
The victim of this murderer is serious. He is the Russian mystic Gregory Effimovich rasputin. This guy's experience is so bizarre that even Conan, a famous detective in the theatrical version, never forgets to gossip. It is said that this "demon monk" who destroyed the whole Russian royal family with hypnosis and telepathy survived underwater for 8 minutes after being shot, poisoned, stabbed, beaten and flooded, and finally died. Although obviously exaggerated, his death is really puzzling, and there is evidence that the British spy department was partly involved in the assassination. So far, the truth is not complete. Prince Yusubov, a member of the Russian royal family, is considered to be the mastermind behind the assassination.
According to the old man's memory, he was awakened by his mother in the middle of the night and introduced him to a strange guest-Prince Yusubov himself. Later, the old man claimed that he couldn't remember all the details and never saw the prince again, but this once-in-a-lifetime feeling remained in his memory. Coincidentally, in the movie 1966 Mad Monk rasputin, the old man played rasputin himself.
8. There seems to be an incredible library?
Probably because there are too many horror movies and villains, coupled with a love of heavy metals, many people think that Lao Li is probably a staunch fan of mysticism. It is rumored that he has a private library with 2000 to 20000 volumes of mysterious and dark magic documents. The old man himself said that he was really interested in mysticism, but it was definitely not as fantastic as the legend. He admitted that he did collect some books about mysticism, but "there are only about five."
In the interview, he also talked about meeting a group of "Satanists", but the old man seriously warned everyone not to try to contact these guys, because once you fall into it, "you will not only lose your mind, but also lose your soul." As for why some people claim that he has become a prisoner of mysticism, the outspoken old man thinks that the media is "idle" in saying so.
9. I seem to know the taste of "stabbing people in the back" ...
This may be the only time we can get a glimpse of what he did in the secret years of the special air service corps from the old population ... When filming the scene of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", when grimma stabbed Saruman from behind, the director Peter Jackson hoped that he would perform "the cry of pain when stabbed" when guiding the old man, but he was taught by the old man and stabbed from behind. Afterwards, PJ couldn't help asking the old man how he knew such a thing. The old man replied, "Because I stabbed him."
PJ said, and then the old man quietly told him about his "past courage." Although the details were not revealed at all, it still scared him.
10, a real aristocrat with royal blood.
Lao Li is known as a Hollywood superstar and a British jazz, and his family and social status are also very prominent. His "Lee" family is related to Robert E. Lee Tonggen, a general in the American Civil War. He is also the cousin of ian fleming, the author of 007 series novels. They served in the special air corps together, so it is conceivable that Fleming mentioned him when he wrote Bond. Although he refused to play Bond, the old man still played one of the most successful villains in the history of 007 series: the Golden Gunner.
And why did he create two albums with the theme of Charlemagne? Because he is a descendant of Charlemagne. The old man's full name is christopher frank carandini lee, and he belongs to the Carandini family. His mother was a famous beauty earl in the Edwardian era, and the coat of arms was given by Frederick Barbarossa the Great, the holy Roman Empire. Although such a prominent fortune has spread to modern times, it is difficult to reproduce the glory of our ancestors, but we have to say that Christopher Lee's achievements have not only failed to humiliate his ancestors, but also made them proud.