LOTR- Behind the Scenes- CIMD- Part 2

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11 жыл бұрын

Sorry about the glare! I tried to cover it up as much as i could. This part focuses on the villains, including Saruman the White. Orthanc is the name of the place where he dwells and plots. Christopher Lee plays this character and Ian Mckellen plays Gandalf the Grey. I don't own this!

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@caitlinjane92 10 жыл бұрын

I thought it was hilarious when Christopher Lee said, "I'm sorry, I cannot get up these goddamn steps, smoothly."

@Shadow96822 9 жыл бұрын

I know, I love how he is completely in character and then he just essentially snaps. It's hilarious!

@AishaVonFossen 5 жыл бұрын

I know, it's the best! It shows he had a real great sense of humor. LOL

@Terrezio 3 жыл бұрын

never has a man sounded so well spoken and/or elegant when spouting blasphemy😂

@drkTmplar422a 3 жыл бұрын

"Well you did it this morning." -Peter Jackson

@jasonlafontaine6306 3 жыл бұрын

“because every time I try... I step on the “thing”

@jandreidrn 4 жыл бұрын

Love how Christopher Lee imitated Ian's distinctive "oh"

@Palendrome 3 жыл бұрын

That was a great impression

@AlphaMunky 3 жыл бұрын

0:39 got to admire that lady holding the umbrella as high as she could for Christopher lol

@gainsandglory6808 2 жыл бұрын

in all honesty, I love those people so much. And the dude in the beginning running with he camera filming the horse. These minor seeming tasks are part of what makes the film as amazing as it is. Everything now is CGI. They couldn't let him get wet bc of the makeup etc. If lotr taught me anything, it's that the smallest of people can make the biggest difference at times

@Danlovar 4 жыл бұрын

Weird. At times I think Christopher Lee played a better Saruman than Tolkien's written character.

@giannisj2442 4 жыл бұрын

Christopher Lee Was The perfect Saruman but I think the book Saruman has better lines and he's more clever and cunning

@MS-Melas 2 жыл бұрын

@Miles Doyle what? What has this to do with this video??

@aarondeyoung6315 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and it’s weird to think the Tolkien wanted lee to play Gandalf if there was ever a movie

@MegaMr46 Жыл бұрын

@@aarondeyoung6315 even though he did auditioned and nearly got the part if he hadn’t had problems with his back when mounting a horse

@carybaney2548 2 ай бұрын

Very probably true!

@0xg484 3 жыл бұрын

Apparently Lee was the only one to actually meet Tolkien, and Tolkien had said he would play Gandalf perfectly... Now I believe he was made for Saruman. It takes a great actor to play a convincing, evil, necessary character.

@gametroller1 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think that’s true. I recently read up he met Tolkien when he was only 17. The conversation did occur but there wasn’t a mention about lee playing Gandalf

@gainsandglory6808 2 жыл бұрын

@@gametroller1 thank you.

@deprimeplatypus490 2 жыл бұрын

I think saruman is low-key underrated even. In the books I kinda saw him as a more vigilante who simply wanted to learn about knowledge of sauron instead of working for him. I think the movies kinda reflected him differently, he is one of the most interesting villians ever imo

@SquirrelTheSquirrel 2 жыл бұрын

I've also heard originally gandalf wad the role sir Lee wanted, but by that point Jackson had already offered it to sir ian

@madness9651 Ай бұрын

@@SquirrelTheSquirrel No, Lee volunteered first, but PJ thought Gandalf would be challenging for him, and Saruman he was just made for. Then you had to consider that he would likely have lacked the stamina to film Gandalf, it isn't even just the action scenes for he had never any problems working with doubles but Gandalf's got too many scenes.

@karnavtyagi6907 3 жыл бұрын

The Ian impression was perfect

@AishaVonFossen 5 жыл бұрын

I love this kind of behind the scenes featurettes, it really makes me feel a lot more involved with the action. And I love how starting at 1:51 you get to see Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee working off of each other and seeming to help each other through the scenes, they looked like they really got along and found a lot of things in common, I like that kind of camaraderie. :)

@christiananderson4909 2 жыл бұрын

To see Ian and Christopher plot out their lines together is *too* *cool.*

@willemdafuck8433 2 жыл бұрын

The man who said “well you did it this morning” was then found dead, stabbed in the back Police noted that the stabbing had to have been done by someone who was very skilled in stabbing people

@AlasdairGR Жыл бұрын

The Wellington Ripper

@zmani4379 9 ай бұрын

Lol - That's a lovely, very clever in-joke re Christopher Lee correcting Peter Jackson re Saruman's death scene - re Lee specifying exactly what kind of noise people actually make when they're stabbed, and Jackson conceding (but Jackson got his revenge later by deleting the whole scene, and by the time Lee found out, Jackson was back in New Zealand, so Lee could no longer stab him - just kidding - it's sad that scene was deleted, tho I agree w Jackson's reasons, sort of)

@timovangalen1589 22 күн бұрын

Witness testimony suggests that the victim did not scream, but made a slightly audible gasp.

@oliverhunt862 22 күн бұрын

Some say that the victim had German ancestors

@carybaney2548 Ай бұрын

You are right. As an admirer of Mr. Lee's work in film, I wanted to have validation of his character, that his role as supreme wizard was not traitourus or selfish, even tho this was the way it worked out. And this was accomplished by the writers in the line by Saruman 'you didn't seriously think that a hobbit could resist the will of Sauron? There are none who can...' Thus making clear that on Saruman's estimation, resistance is futile, another path must be chosen. The will of Sauron is unstoppable. And in the end, Saruman was correct, Frodo gave in. He lost. But by a strange fate ultimately the cause was saved, by a reasonable but unexpected turn of events.

@stuartholden6163 3 жыл бұрын

Lee knew great art when he saw it; always praising the effects and stunt teams for their performances

@deb-1558 4 жыл бұрын

Christopher Lee wanted to play Gandalf 😂

@0xg484 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah apparently he was the only one out of the cast who had actually met Tolkien. Tolkien said he would play the perfect Gandalf.

@LJStability 2 жыл бұрын

I loved his reaction when the guy said, "Well you did it this morning". Good motivation!

@Halo1138 5 жыл бұрын

2:04 Nice transition! Also, Sir Christopher was just the gift that keeps on giving! "I can't do it, Peter!"

@michael6255 9 ай бұрын

Christopher Lee is the only one that can make “no problem” sound like a really big problem

@benjaminjeffery6873 Жыл бұрын

“Well, you did it this morning...”

@duongtran9995 Жыл бұрын

Sir Christopher Lee was born to play Saruman.

@tonytran07 Жыл бұрын

4:13 Whose shadow is that at the end on the screen?!!! SAURON?!!!

@Evoluutiomies Жыл бұрын

Peter Jackson was so young here. :O

@timovangalen1589 22 күн бұрын

Can anyone find the clip of Christopher saying “These clothes are a menace!”

@phoenixforce6595 2 жыл бұрын

I hate how Peter Jackson treated Christopher Lee

@tardigrade9343 2 жыл бұрын

Did he treat him badly?

@skinnaayydrum95 2 жыл бұрын

@@tardigrade9343 they fell out famously because Sauromans death at the start of the return of the King was cut from the theatrical release, so lee boycotted the premiere and they didn't speak for a while

@tardigrade9343 2 жыл бұрын

@@skinnaayydrum95 Thanks, man! I haven't heard about it. This really stings, thinking that there was bad blood... I'm not sure how to judge this and who's in the wrong, and if that can truly be called "mistreatment" but I believe playing Saruman in LOTR was a genuine passion project for Lee and his reaction shows that. I hope they could resolve this eventually, and thankfully people got the extended versions which are probably wider known by now than the theatrical release :)

@Deathhead68 2 жыл бұрын

@@tardigrade9343 He wasn't treated badly, the execs just wanted to cut the movie wherever they could and they felt it was weird at the start of the return of the king to wrap up two towers. They should have kept the scene right before the very last of two towers imo A director cutting an actors scene isn't 'treating him badly'. They obviously made up again for Lee to reprise his role in the hobbit (also directed by Jackson).

@mrnygren2 2 жыл бұрын

@@skinnaayydrum95 They cut way more than that.. They cut the "Scouring of the Shire" in which Saruman has a major role - but the part was filmed as there exists remnants from it. I'm saying Jackson cut a 10 minute or so part of the movie with Saruman taking vengeance on the Hobbits by burning the shire.