{"id":21998,"date":"1999-10-05T15:41:05","date_gmt":"1999-10-05T20:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/1999\/10\/05\/christopher-lee-on-sfx\/"},"modified":"1999-10-05T15:41:05","modified_gmt":"1999-10-05T20:41:05","slug":"christopher-lee-on-sfx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/1999\/10\/05\/21998-christopher-lee-on-sfx\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Lee on SFX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\"Saruman\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Xoanon here,<\/p>\n

The cool dudes at SFX have sent me the latest issue of their movie mag. In it Christopher Lee (Saruman) speaks about his role in the Trilogy. <\/p>\n

I’ve always said since first reading the three books, and I’ve always felt this, that I was born to be in it. And now I can say I am! I’m very happy. And Saruman, he’s the head wizard. An enormously important role. Saruman goes over to the enemy, he’s a Valar, an immortal, and if he’d have remained benevolent it would have been a very different story’<\/i><\/p>\n

Lee also coments on the script,<\/p>\n

‘Well, I’ve only read the first one. But they’ve done a splendid job, to condense this colossal epic, as big as The Odyssey<\/b> or The Illiad<\/b>, to the point where you can make it and present it to the public. I think a very large number of people are very excited, because, like Gormenghast<\/b> (A TV project he is working on), they said it couldn’t be done. All praise to Peter Jackson. Now it will be done’<\/i><\/p>\n

To read the rest of the article, in which Lee talks of his role in Gormenghast, get the latest issue of SFX!<\/p>\n

SFX Magazine, November 1999<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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