Sir Christopher Lee spent his final night watching The Lord of the Rings, according to the Sky documentary The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee,
His son-in-law, Juan Aneiros, remembering the night of Sir Christopher’s passing:
“The day before he passed away, we thought that he was coming home. He was being himself. I thought he looked good, right? I thought he was going home. The doctor said ‘He’s fine. He looks good. He looks well’.”
“And that night he said 'Oh! The Lord of the Rings is on TV, right? So, we’ll watch The Lord of the Rings with the nurses, right? I’ll explain to you how the movie (was made).’ Because he loved the movie. So, he watched that night The Lord of the Rings with the nurses, and we went home and we were already thinking, 'OK, he’s coming back’.”
“Then that night, all of a sudden, I was asleep and I saw Christina (Sir Christopher’s daughter) stressed and saying, 'Daddy’s gone.’And it was a very, it actually, it hit us really hard because we thought that he, I actually thought that he was eternal. I thought that he would go past 100. I really did think so. So,it was a shock. It was more, I thought, 'Well, he’s in hospital. He’s got some respiratory problems.’ But he’s always had problems. He always had things.”
“But he just passed away. That was it. It was peaceful. He didn’t suffer. He just went to sleep.”
He passed away that night, on 7 June 2015, from heart failure. He was 93 years old.
He always used to say that working on the films was the highlight of his career and that he absolutely adored the movies. It is deeply moving to know that he got to spend his final hours immersed in Middle-Earth. Watching the films with his nurses and sharing his memories of how they were made was a beautiful final act for a man who had cherished Tolkien’s world since he first read the books. That he was able to return to the world Peter Jackson created one last time, a world Sir Christopher helped bring to life through his iconic portrayal of Saruman, is a perfectly fitting conclusion to an adventurous and fulfilling life.
”Doomed by the narrative” this “doomed by the narrative” that, well, no. You are sorely mistaken. The narrative itself is doomed. Everything you know and love will be destroyed as this world crumples upon itself, leaving no one behind. Except me. Only I can survive the words of this story being burned away. Only I can write more. I am not doomed by the narrative: I am the only one who isn’t.
before i forget!!! cool thing we heard last night at the sinners Q&A: MBJ decided to wear different sized shoes while playing smoke and stack. for smoke he wore a size too large, the explanation being that when you’re wearing shoes that are too big, you’re less likely to want to move around because of how uncomfortable and clunky it is. as a result, smoke as a character is very still and purposeful with his movements. and then for stack he wore a half size too small because it makes you constantly shift around on your feet trying to find a stance and a position that feels right and takes the pressure off your feet. that makes stack more fidgety and restless. so MBJ said that wearing the different shoes made it a lot easier to embody the twins because he was just reacting naturally to what his body was telling him, rather than overthinking his movements. just the coolest shit. such a neat acting choice. i love movies, man.
