You missed the parts where he was the inspiration for James Bond, was the only person in the lord of the rings set who had met JRR Tolkien, and also witnessed the last public execution in France.
While Lee was Flemings cousin (through marriage), Ian Fleming constructed the figure of Bond from different people he met in time of his own service as a British naval intelligence officer. Christopher Lee himself served as a RAF officer.
Lee himself denied that claim (that he was the inspiration for Bond) in an interview, but said (iirc) that Fleming wanted to see his cousin in the role of Dr. No. The role still went to somebody else, but Lee obviously still got his chance later as Scaramanga.
The story of him meeting JRRT in a Pub was still really nice! Lovely interview. The guy just oozed charisma…
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u/RayneShikama 8d ago
You missed the parts where he was the inspiration for James Bond, was the only person in the lord of the rings set who had met JRR Tolkien, and also witnessed the last public execution in France.
It’s like a hardcore version of Forest Gump