Not only a great actor, but a cultured, classy gentleman; a dying breed, sadly.

He is like a gentle grandfather you would listen all the day near a warm fire.

Even though Christopher Lee didn't get to protray Count Dracula as Bram Stoker had written in his novel I still say that Christopher Lee was and forever will be the best Dracula actor in the history of films

Am I the only one that could just listen to Christopher Lee talk all day?

I find it very sad that Christopher didn't appear to enjoy the Dracula sequels, because he is so good in them and they still make so many people happy.

He has such a compelling and spellbinding way of talking

I grew up watching Hammer films and it is so sad that all these great old horror movie actors have all since passed. Lee, Price and Cushing were my favorites. All great actors and incredible gentlemen but Lee really went out in style, playing iconic roles in Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, even making some Heavy Metal music! A true legend! 🤘🏻

Mr. Lee is the role model for revering our elders. Rest in glorious peace, Christopher. You live in our hearts forever.

Christopher Lee is an absolute legend. My all time fave actor, next to Cushing and Karloff.

Sir Christopher had the most wicked and wonderful sense of humour. His films and characters will live forever in the hearts of millions of fans around the World. RIP Dear Sir....🙏📽❤✌

Christopher Lee was a great man and a wonderful actor. May he rest in peace.

we do not have actors like him any more R.I.P.

It's an honor to have been alive during this great man's life time.

He did movies that he knew from the start were gonna suck... But he did it so that the people that worked on them could provide for their families... Class act.

"He was dressed entirely in black from head to foot without a speck of color." I don't remember reading that part, but I love that quote.

i keep tearing up watching these, i knew he'd go soon but i so didn't want him to

Rest in peace you were truly a national treasure.

Christopher Lee was one of those very few Englishmen I liked listening to, he always had something interesting to say he had a lot of class and seemed a true gentleman.

Mr. Lee's portrayal of Count Dracula scared me for years as a kid! It got me hooked on Dracula films (at least the classic ones). Had no idea he was emotionally "blackmailed" into playing that role in those Hammer films. Nonetheless,his portrayal of Count Dracula (imo) cannot be surpassed!!! His Saruman wasn't bad either!

The most touching part of this part of the interview is Christopher Lee's explanation why He did 3, 4, & 5. He didn't do those films for himself, but did it for "the crew" -- His Friends (Family)! That Speaks Volumes about the character of this Man! GOD Bless Christopher Lee!!!!

I love Christopher Lee forever. His Dracula films mean everything to. Actually I love all if his various character portrayals, but Hammer's Dracula films were my favorites!! I have watched them hundreds of times!!!

Incredible performer, special forces veteran and a british gentleman who STILL enjoys a good metal tune. Not to mention a foremost scholar of Tolkien's fiction. Nevermind favorite actor, just one of my favorite human beings.

The Devil Rides Out is the best Hammer film Lee ever made in my opinion. RIP Sir Christopher

The greatest actor ever...,to play the role of the famous count - Dracula! I have always loved Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing in Hammer films!!!

Einer der Besten ! Schauspieler dieser Klasse gibt es heute nicht mehr ! Ruhe in Frieden !

He may not have enjoyed making them, but I enjoyed watching them. Thank you mr. Lee.

One of the most incredible amazing actors or all time !! Boris and Vincent and Lon Chaney are right up there with him !!

Christopher Lee is at least, 90 years old now!!! He is an elegant man. Very tall. Six-foot-six, I believe. A legend who still lives!

Refused 2, 3 and 4 for bad scripts. Changed his mind because of the crew "they were my friends" LEGEND I wish I had a friend like Sir Christopher Lee

To the uploader of this video: I watch this clip often. It conjures up so many memories of watching Hammer and Amicus as a kid. Peter, Vincent and Christopher were the end of an era. With the passing of Sir Christopher, it has become painfully obvious that there will never again be three actors (let alone one) who will emit the level of class that these 3 men did. I'm not okay with that. It makes me sad. But, this alarming realization does make Vincent, Peter and Chris all the more special. With that said, it makes people like YOU all the more special for making content like this available to the public. It honestly brings tears to my eyes. For over two years this era has been over. I feel the void more and more each day. I'm glad I have access to their interviews and films. It creates a warnesss in my heart that not much else can. I'm only 36, but I grew up on these films. Pre-internet...I had accumulated all of their films on VHS by the mid nineties (paying upwards to 200.00 for one out of print video tape). I was a teenage detective hunting down these films without the use of any internet. Lots of reading, researching and long distance calls were involved. One time I even dialled up the telephone directory in London and got every number that was listed under "Christopher Lee". I must say...there was A LOT of Christopher Lee's in London in the 90's. And no...I never did get a hold of THE Christopher Lee (but I did get a hold of many other annoyed and misc Christopher Lee's). When my parents received the phone bill...they were NOT happy. At all. But all I wished to do was to thank Mr. Lee for simply being Christopher Lee. I never had the opportunity to do that, but I'm quite sure he knew how special he was. But, I'm not gonna lie...I was also going to ask if he had any prints of "The Satanic Rites of Dracula" just lying around (it was really hard to find in the 90's)! On account of him despising that film, I doubt he did. But, I was holding out hope that he knew someone who did. I was quite tenacious and ballzy (just ask my parents...they had to pay the phone bill on account of my "tenacity"). Collecting their films (at such a young age) gave me incentive to work and save as much as I could. What kept me going as I worked for 4.25 per hour was envisioning the box art on that elusive vhs copy of Dracula A.D 1972, Legend of the Werewolf, Twins of Evil and SO VERY MANY OTHERS. So many good memories. I have since owned all of their films on DVD...and now bluray. I will continue to purchase them in whatever form they come out on. God bless these men and their families and may God bless YOU for making such things available on this channel. Life is pretty complicated nowadays...but seeing clips such as this sends me back to simpler times. Thank you for that. You just can't put a price tag on that. It always seems the "good ole days" are gone. But when "the good ole days" were in full swing, we didn't know that they would one day be fondly remembered as "the good ole days". Cushing, Lee and Price have always been a major player in my "good ole day's. I hope perhaps in 20 years time I can look back on this very instant and fondly reminisce of how those days were the good ole days. Call me philosophically-melodramatic, but thinking like this has helped me not to disregard the present as insignificant and take it for granted. Seeing this clip has served as a time capsule to my childhood. It has helped me to appreciate the now by seeing the profundity of the past. God bless you.

Christopher Lee's "The Mummy" was a great and scary film. His attack on Peter Cushing had me on the edge of my chair!

That he was totally pissed off with playing the same character again and again was obvious. Any actor who feels strongly that he has in him the ability to portray diverse characters will feel so. My respects to the legend!

My favourite actor of all time.. The Devil rides out is my favourite hammer film..Lee was brilliant in it

Alway's admired The great Christopher Lee!....The finest Dracula that will ever be!.Loved all his films...so realistic..the sign of a great actor!...Thanks Mr Lee even though you scared me (pardon me)..shitless!!..ha ha ha!

Rest in peace, Christopher! Although he did the DRACULA series rather for other people than for himself, he has made this character world famous. Bram Stoker's book was not well known until Lee appeared in his first Dracula movie 1958. This is really his biggest merit, I would say! And I really love, how he played the Count. However, it's a huge pity that no director has ever tried to picturise the real contents of Stoker's book one to one with Lee in the main role. Francis Ford Coppola once tried to do it with Gary Oldman, but the final result again has been far away from Bram Stoker's book. I think there are more than a hundred Dracula movies published by now and there is not a single movie exactly telling Stoker's story. This still needs to be done, dear movie makers!

Such a class act. My God, the world is worse without such gems. He lived a full life - something few of us can actually say - and was a true gentleman through-and-through. Just listening to him talk makes me feel good, and that says a lot. I miss him so...

whenever i think of. dracula i think if christopher lee

Imagine reinventing Dracula after Lugosi! Christopher Lee gave us, imo, Dracula's most unnerving yet captivating spin. He was an amazing actor and deserving of every single accolade he received. Legend of legends.

Lee's voice turns all other men into tiny schoolgirls.

Lee is a legend one of the best actors of all time

"WHO?"....Jesus how much I love this man! :))

I actually teared up when I heard he had passed away. 😢

What an interesting and intelligent man! I could listen to him all day long. And, yes, he scared the pants off me as a kid in those Hammer horror movies.

He was the Top of all Dracula's and a fantastic actor, thank you for all Sir Lee.

Working on movies he didn't like to keep his friends employed. Stuff like that is why he is SIR Christopher Lee.

what an amazing man

What a legend and a great man ❤️❤️

loved all the dracula movies and other vampire movies hammer made

Max Schrek, Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee and Gary Oldman. We've been blessed with so many great Draculas throughout the years.

Christopher Lee. The Last of the Great Hammer Horror Stars!

Great Actor, Great Voice, Great Everything about Christopher Lee, RIP.

What a class act to have given in and to have made those additional Dracula films after being begged each time. So many of today's me me me stars only think of THEMSELVES and their money and never would have agreed to make the films. Lee knew deep down scores of people ( costume designers, set designers, etc) were counting on having those films made to make a living......

People often ignore his role as Scaramanga in "The Man With The Golden Gun", but I think he was superb in that part. He was possibly the best Bond villain ever.

Great story, and what a decent and generous man!

Even though he was "coerced" into doing them, I (and many others) sure are glad things happened as they did because they were terrific films. Dracula Has Risen From The Grave, Taste The Blood Of Dracula and Scars Of Dracula - may not have been the most critically acclaimed, but they were beautiful Gothic films, fun and frightening, sophisticated and strange, and I think as time goes on, they are appreciated more and more. And I sure can't imagine having had anyone but Christopher Lee as Dracula in them!

Dracula, the novel, really is great. I read it as a kid in 1967 and it scared the bejesus out of me. Of course, so did horror of Dracula! By the way, I guess there was a sexual underpinning in the novel but I thought it was more about DISEASE, contagion, death, sickness etc.

LOVE MR. LEE.1 OF THE TRUE GREATS.They don't play his movies enough in the states.The Wicker man,Dracula,The man with the golden gun.He makes everything he does better.

One of the few that deserves the title "Living legend".

One of my favourite actors when I was a kid. Absolutely loved the Hammer Horror films growing up of which Horror of Dracula was my favourite.

When I first saw PRINCE OF DARKNESS upon its theatrical release, Mr. Lee scared the living shit out of me...I was an 11-year-old horror/sci-fi buff and could not get enough of either genre. No man in the history of film has embodied the character of Dracula like Christopher, and you can tell from this clip that he put his heart and soul into it, in spite of the dreadful scripts. Oldman was good. Robert Quarry (as Count "Yorga") was chilling. But there will always be only 1 #1 Dracula.

I read somewhere that Mr. Lee , was a long time MI - 6 agent ; an accomplished fellow for sure .

Despite Mr. lee not wanting to make the Dracula films, he did a great job in each and became one of my all time film heroes because of it.

He is our beloved Sith Lord Darth Tyrannus. AKA Count Dooku 👌

I enjoyed ALL of the Hammer Dracula films as Christopher Lee had such a commanding presence ! He really made you believe he was a force to be reckoned with. Dracula A.D. 1972 is a guilty pleasure of mine as I liked how the Dracula character was resurected to (what was then) present day ....plus it had Peter Cushing and Caroline Munro and Stephanie Beecham in the cast. Even with Christopher Lee's more limited appearances in it still is a good vampire film ! ❤❤

A man with a great heart..

What a wonderfully cultured English gentleman. He is a pleasure to listen to and single handedly re-created Dracula as the terrifying monster true to Stokers original Novel. Thanks for posting this great interview.

In the 60s and 70s being put out of work was not a joking matter. Lee was held hostage over these films due to his genuine caring nature, it all makes so much more sense now. What an incredible man

I love that Christopher Lee wasn't just an actor going through the motions, he had a real passion for and expertise in the fantasy and horror literature he specialized in. If he hadn't been an actor, I think he would have been an English literature professor, and the very first cosplayer in history, and would have showed up to the premiere of every possible Dracula/vampire film in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s in lavish costume just waiting to be interviewed by the local news to spit some wisdom at the youth.

I'm writing a book series right now about vampires, and am largely sticking to the oldest vampire lore as well as Stoker's Dracula. I told my uncle a little while ago that I wish I could write it in collaboration with Christopher Lee, I hope he would enjoy that, too. ☺️

Best dracula ever. Rip mr lee

We will miss you Christopher.

Those who dismiss old people, those who talk about them without respect and treat them with disregard, should learn to understand that to have lived long, to have undertaken and experienced much, deserves infinitely more attention than to indulge in the sheepish delusion of ignorant arrogance.

I could sit and listen to him talk forever.

Sir Christopher Lee will always be remembered for movies he the vampire king in. Dracula or Count Dracula will always be the king of the vampires or the Vampire King.

In the end he made a lot of people happy that he did return for 3-5. Sometimes you gotta give the people what you want. I’m glad he made them all because they’re a lot of fun to watch

Maybe funniest Christopher Lee's interview ever, oh my god, what nature man he was and greatest Dracula in color films ever! I going to buy his all Dracula films, i like them all.

my god! hes amazing ! i enjoy listening to him :)

Whatever they were in, whatever the gig, Lee and Cushing were consummate professionals, rising above the quality of the material to grace it with a gravitas it would otherwise not have had. That skill is so rare. Just one of the reasons they are so missed. Dracula AD 1972 - Fangs for the Memory: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNWSjdlmmMmdoI0.html

Larger than life!! This man oozes charisma.

After hearing that, how can one not have immense respect for Mr. Lee.

Sir Christopher Lee: He was Dracula He was Death He was Lucifer He was Dr. Fu Manchu He was Grigori Rasputin He was Fransisco Scaramanga (The Man with the Golden Gun) He was Count Dooku He was Saruman He was Lord Summerisle He was the Jabberwocky He was Sherlock *and* Mycroft Holmes He was Charles-Henri Sanson and executed Louis XVI, Marie Antionette, and Robespierre. ...and almost 200 other credited film roles. He recorded a heavy metal concept album about Emperor Charlemagne (Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross) at age *90* He was in a Special Forces unit called "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" during WW2, and hunted Nazi war criminals after the war. When told by Peter Jackson to imagine what a man being stabbed in the back sounds like, he told Jackson he didn't *have* to imagine it - he knew. He was a Knight-Bachelor and a Commander in both the Order of Saint John and the Order of the British Empire. He was fluent in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish; "moderately proficient" in Swedish, Russian, and Greek, and "conversational" in Mandarin Chinese.

I recently became a fan of the 1931 Dracula, and Bela Lugosi. I've bought the 7 Hammer Dracula's and can't wait to see them. I'm aware they're probably very different, but I've really gotten into Dracula (and classic vampires).

I'm sure Lee would laugh but I actually like "Dracula A.D. 1972."

I love the Hammer Flims all of them. I always look forward to Halloween and sending all.

If they made another adaption of Dracula, I would have loved to have seen Christopher Lee playing the older count. Great actor.

What an elegant, elegant man.

Christopher Lee didn't die. He just completed the life and went on to re-start it on extreme hardcore difficulty.

Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, 2 of the best actors period!!

His first Dracula film is astounding for his portrayal.

A legendary Christopher Lee,,,, is he the first original Dracula?? He's probably the most kind Dracula ever live... God bless him ,,oh no I'm not supposed to say that....

Good man for not wanting to put the crew out of work. Happy to have his performance in “The Man With The Golden Gun” in my blu-ray collection.

The Master...R.I.P.

Got to love this man.

The Devil Rides Out and the Wicker Man imo his two finest roles.

Man, for someone who comes off as cold and stoic he really had a heart of gold He was willing to do the Dracula films because (the lie that Hammer told him) he wanted the other crew members to have jobs We need more Sir Christopher Lee's in this world

The ending scene of "Horror of Dracula" the destruction of a vampire has never I mean NEVER has ever been inproved on by any film in the cinema. Just the way he did and moved with his hands and facial expression of agony and his sounds he made as he desinigrated in the sun ray. The closest thing to it is at the ending of "Dracula has risen from the grave" but no where else on film to date.

The greatest horror icon ever in film history. I really miss you.

Great advice about putting energy in yourself.

I found his movie Count Dracula to be one of the best of his Dracula entries. I don't know why he puts the film down so much.

This cultured and highly sophisticated gentleman also was in the OSS, a spy network, during WW2. For all of his success in so many fields; he remained humble and was never a bragadatcio as so many actors of today have become. God bless you Sir Lee and Grant you the eternal rest which you so richly deserve.