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"Ever since his defining 1950s role as Dracula he's been the definitive movie villain. But when you're as good as Christopher Lee is at scaring happy punters witless, why change? As he says, 'Thank God I'm not a romantic leading man'"

By Helen Barlow

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'I'm a character actor, not a romantic leading man,' he admits. 'Thank God for that. Romantic leading men don't last long.'

I think that would depend on who was the

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Unless of course that roll would be to tuff for him.

Them's fighting words, darlin'... I wouldn't go running into Christopher Lee in a dark alley, if I were you. Wink

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I am not a lover of those silly love story's, I like to watch some thing with more action in it, and I like the rolls Mr. Lee plays, I think they suit him, mind you, I would like to see him doing a bit more comedy, Mr. Lee has made some very funny films in his time and they had been very enjoyable.
It would be nice if he could do more.

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Superb article--and it was nice to see Mr. Lee mention his work in Billy Wilder's film. A truly underappreciated film with Mr. Lee in a very different part (shaving his head to affect baldness).

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I agree, growing physically older can be uncomfortable, but really he's at his best right now as an actor. I caught The Land of Faraway (or Mio my Mio) on the Scifi channel this week, and wondered how he'd live up to the "ultimate evil" build-up which preceeded his appearance as Kato. He was genuinely frightening, and I'm not usually afraid of his characters! That film was dated 1987, and he's even better now. Wink
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Unless of course that roll would be to tuff for him.

I'm sure that ROLL would be hard for him to sink his teeth into.:1devil:



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That's a pretty good article. I liked the line:

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he commands attention with an icy authority that blows even those whizz-bang CGI effects off the screen

It's so true... Smile

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Great article. I don't like love story's. I like horror-story's, action and crime, science fiction too.
I enjoy, that Mr. Lee is the best actor in many horror-films, action, crime and science fiction.

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