SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE?

WHAT WAS IT LIKE to be Christopher Lee? Well, if you watch this short, raw, unedited footage from a candid chat with Lee back in 2001, you get an idea! Being in the spotlight certainly exposes you to everyone and it seems, everyone wanted something! The press, weird attention, fans, critics and . . . babies? Poor Christopher got it all. Lots to hear and see here. Certainly worth your attention, if you ever wondered why Sir Christopher could be a little blunt or guarded . . now you KNOW why . . 
 

THE ABOVE IS FOR TERI SPEIRS in Grand Junction, CO US, here is a request she made yesterday at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE on Christopher Lee's Birthday, but we just didn't have time to fit in! Teri wanted anything that was from the 'staking scene' in Hammer films, Dracula Has Risen from The Grave' ... but if possible an 'on-set' shot, but not a dvd frame or press photograph 😩😫😂Ok, well I think this fits the bill! It's from a contact sheet, so never published, a little grainy, but look at THAT face! 😮 Hope this does the job, Teri - Marcusl

CHRISTOPHER LEE SATURDAY: SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE LEE INTERVIEWS AND CHATS

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NEW INTERVIEW: CHRISTOPHER LEE TALKS CUSHING, JAMES BOND, DRACULA AND TLOTR

#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY! A NEW NBC interview that has found it's way out of the vaults! Some new stories here, shared by Christopher Lee who is relaxed and in chatty mood... well worth a watch!

Christopher Lee and Ian McKellen in 'The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' (2001)

Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) meeting his end in the James Bond film 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (1974) with Roger Moore

#Christopher Lee as Count Dracula in his first appearance in the role for Hammer films in the 1958,  'The Horror of Dracula' / 'Dracula' . . .with Carol Marsh as Lucy Holmwood . . .

With good friend and sparring partner in a many a Hammer Horror film, Peter Cushing at a press launch for Dracula AD 1972.

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WATCH PETER CUSHING TALK HORROR AND VINCENT PRICE TALK DR DEATH AND MORE!

#GETTHECUSHIONSUNDAY! Here is a great clip with Peter Cushing being interviewed by the BBC. Here he explains why he doesn't actually like the term, 'horror'!

#GETTHECUSHIONSUNDAY! Vincent Price interviewed by Michael Parkinson in which he discusses Madhouse, working with Boris Karloff and being mistaken for Christopher Lee... a great chat!

 

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#GETTHECUSHIONSUNDAY! PRICE AND CUSHING CHAT AND TOP SECRET!

#GETTHECUSHION: A behind the scenes snap of Peter Cushing and the producers of the film, 'TOP SECRET' (1984) ... and the pose subject matter? I have no idea...! It's film you either love or hate, but most seem to remember Cushing's  'Giant Eye' skit, more than the impressive skills he displayed in making the 'reverse action' and dialogue seamless and convincing!

#GETTHECUSHION! A requested repost for Samantha Eyddes, of Peter Cushing and Vincent Price recording, 'Aliens in the Mind', a radio serial recorded and broadcast by the BBC. Samantha brought up the question, as to why Cushing and Price never got to appear in more work together...? It's a tough one to answer, and probably lies somewhere with, 'Not enough opportunities' and 'Some of films of that particular genre, had small budgets, that wouldn't stretch to hiring both!'. along with, 'We could never find a window of time where they were both free!'... 


HMM, I AM NOT SURE. One would have thought with the amount of time Price spent every year during the late 1960's and 70's in the UK, there should have been something where the two could have worked together. I always thought the lost opportunity in casting Cushing as one of Lionheart's critics, was one of many. To slip Cushing in as the 'Ship Captain' in the second Phibes film, was a tease and more than a bit mean. Cushing's fee per day was around £750 to £1,200 a day, at this time. At those prices, I wonder why he wasn't used more in Phibes, and appear in Theatre of Blood, Cry of the Banshee, and The Oblong Box?


TO BE FAIR, Cushing was pretty busy in 1971 through to 72... he appeared in over a dozen feature films. So maybe it was about timing? Then, thank havens they had time for 'Madhouse', 'Price of Fear', 'Aliens of the Mind' and 'House of the Long Shadows'...!

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THE GREATEST PUT DOWN MOST REQUESTED FRANKENSTEIN CLIP!

#FrankensteinFriday: Our most requested Peter Cushing 'Frankenstein' clip by a long chalk! Cushing timing and delivery is quite magical...and certainly puts the stuffy gossips in their place.

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