We lost Count Dooku — Page 2

SilverWook said:

Ye gods! Kicking Nazi ass with Ian Fleming?!  Lee's WWII exploits would make for a damn good film!

http://wordsofdiana.tumblr.com/post/78578811456/notthedroidyouarelookingfor-lotr

And the title is a no brainer.

 Patrick Troughton's war would be a cool movie too. Maybe someone could do a miniseries about the hidden lives of that generation. Noel Coward's life of espionage crossed over with Ian Fleming and Jon Pertwee used to advise Winston Churchill.

But Mr Lee wasn't a Doctor Who fan.

Gary Russell wrote the Rassilon sequences of Paul McGann's audios with Christopher Lee in mind and sent it to his agent.

Gary Russell said : “But his agent laughed at me. Apparently there was no way he'd do anything as silly as Doctor Who. We'd actually written Rassilon with Christopher Lee in mind, so I was quite disappointed. I thought 'Of course, he's a fantastic actor, but he's done so crap in his time.' To be told he wouldn't even consider doing Doctor Who – well, I thought that was quite a strange reaction.”

So it ended up being performed by Don Warrington, the role would later be played by Timothy Dalton.

Less reliably, rumour has it he tried to talk Peter Cushing out of doing the Dalek films too.

But then as Gary said :

I didn't really know of him growing up. I only became aware of him when finding out his connection to Peter Cushing and why George Lucas probably cast him. I didn't like the character of Count Dooku in the SW films, and his performance in them wasn't anything special in my opinion.

That said, when I later saw him in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, his brief time on screen was very memorable. I also remember him Sleepy Hollow, but that was before I knew who he was. 

I've heard great things about his portrayal as Count Dracula as well as his performances in other films, which I'll be checking out soon. It sounds like he lived an extraordinary life from what I've been reading about him recently.

RIP Christopher Lee

SilverWook said:

Even respected actors have to pay the bills. Sir Alec probably has a dog or two in his filmography.

 If you asked him, he'd probably include Star Wars as one of them ;)

LexX said:

duds like Police Academy 7 and Gremlins 2. 

 Gremlins 2 is awesome.

i got the Zardoz bluray, too!  It's a fantastic movie.

Handman said:

SilverWook said:

Even respected actors have to pay the bills. Sir Alec probably has a dog or two in his filmography.

 If you asked him, he'd probably include Star Wars as one of them ;)

 If you asked him, he probably wouldn't answer because he's dead.

Haarspalter said:

SilverWook said:

Even respected actors have to pay the bills. Sir Alec probably has a dog or two in his filmography.

 Sean Connery has The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen & Highlander 2: The Quickening.

FTFY