{"id":28357,"date":"2008-02-05T21:08:26","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T02:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/02\/05\/28357-christopher-lee-willing-to-return-as-saruman\/"},"modified":"2008-02-05T21:08:26","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T02:08:26","slug":"christopher-lee-willing-to-return-as-saruman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/02\/05\/28357-christopher-lee-willing-to-return-as-saruman\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Lee willing to return as Saruman?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christopher stormcrow20<\/strong> writes: Popmatters has an article on the career of Christopher Lee. Relevant excerpt: Lee not only has impressive knowledge of golf and film, he also in something of an expert on the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. <\/p>\n

\u201cI remember first reading `The Lord of the Rings\u2019 back in the 1950s,\u201d Lee said. \u201cI thought they would make great movies, but technically it couldn\u2019t be done back then. I envisioned myself playing Gandolf (eventually played by Ian McKellen) but I did end up getting the part of Saruman.\u201d <\/p>\n

Noting that it was recently announced that Peter Jackson had agreed to film a couple of prequels about \u201cThe Hobbit,\u201d Lee said he hoped that \u201cMr. Jackson\u201d might found a place for him in those movies. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if that will happen but I would certainly be interested in doing it,\u201d Lee said. <\/p>\n

It would be surprising if Jackson couldn\u2019t find a part for Christopher Lee, a man who has been a movie icon for more than 50 years and is still going strong. [Full Article<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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