{"id":1505,"date":"2006-04-30T12:45:01","date_gmt":"2006-04-30T17:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/04\/30\/i-will-never-forgive-jackson-says-lotr-actor\/"},"modified":"2007-11-23T22:49:33","modified_gmt":"2007-11-24T03:49:33","slug":"i-will-never-forgive-jackson-says-lotr-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/04\/30\/1505-i-will-never-forgive-jackson-says-lotr-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"I will never forgive Jackson, says LOTR actor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actor Christopher Lee has agreed to put aside his differences with Kiwi director Peter Jackson – but will never forgive him for axing his scenes from The Return of the King. Speaking exclusively to the Herald on Sunday at the Rose d’Or festival in Switzerland last night, Lee revealed that while he was still upset by the decision to remove his character, Saruman, from the third instalment of the Lord of the Rings series, it was now time to move on. “When the third film came along and I wasn’t in it, I didn’t understand,” he said. “And I still don’t. “However, you can have a difference of opinion in any walk of life but you can’t have ongoing arguments. I like Peter very much. He’s a brilliant director. I just don’t know why he did what he did.” [More<\/a>]
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