Post by Nienna Greenleaf of Mirkwood on Jul 7, 2008 7:07:03 GMT -6
Here's what Christopher Lee has to say about playing the part of Saruman again:
“I’d be interested in seeing how that transition from good to evil occurred and, yes, of course I would return to the role if I was asked.”
To tell you the truth, I really didn't think he would want to come back again. About a year ago I read Sean Astin's autobiography (don't read it unless you enjoy endless complaining...will explain more below. ) and in it Sean told about how angry Christopher Lee was when he was cut COMPLETELY from the theatical version of RotK. And who can really blame him? Peter Jackson is as picky as directors get...PJ wanted acting perfection with the films (no one blames him for that), but sometimes at the cost of his actors' confidence. Imagine for a moment...you are in the job of your dreams, making the money that you've always wanted and able to travel all over the world. You've created a resume that proves your absolute skill for what you do, and you've gotten used to hearing how good you are in all the years you've been doing whatever you do. Then after 50 years (or whatever) your new boss comes along and, although this boss has the vision to make your projects into something out of this world, he also makes you re-do your work countless times. But since you thought you were so great to begin with, this irks you more than anyone could imagine. AND to add injury to insult, one of your finest moments (in this case the portion at the beginning of RotK) is excluded COMPLETELY from publication.
That kinda smarts.
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And since I brought up Sean Astin above, let me just say this about his autobiography. The impression that I got from the picture on the cover was that this was going to be a story JUST about Lord of the Rings. I don't know about you but I really don't care that much about Sean Astin's previous movies to want to read all about that. But that's basically what it was. I believe that it was at least HALF the book I had to get through before he even remotely started going into anything LotR. And when he finally did, he acted so "un-Sam-like" it was pathetic. Nothing seemed good enough for him. Sure, I bet the hours that he had to work were gruesome. He didn't get to spend as much time with his family, etc. But (and let's face it) Elijah Wood had the worst of it...he had THE MOST demanding part. PERIOD. And Sean discribes him as only complaining very little. Sean also felt that he deserved an award when the movie was getting its due. All his friends and family were telling him how much he deserved it...and boy was he not happy when he didn't get it...
So the moral of this long post is that it really wasn't that good of a book...you probably don't want to waste your time like I did. I would buy a book written by any other of the Fellowship in a heartbeat, but never Sean again.
“I’d be interested in seeing how that transition from good to evil occurred and, yes, of course I would return to the role if I was asked.”
To tell you the truth, I really didn't think he would want to come back again. About a year ago I read Sean Astin's autobiography (don't read it unless you enjoy endless complaining...will explain more below. ) and in it Sean told about how angry Christopher Lee was when he was cut COMPLETELY from the theatical version of RotK. And who can really blame him? Peter Jackson is as picky as directors get...PJ wanted acting perfection with the films (no one blames him for that), but sometimes at the cost of his actors' confidence. Imagine for a moment...you are in the job of your dreams, making the money that you've always wanted and able to travel all over the world. You've created a resume that proves your absolute skill for what you do, and you've gotten used to hearing how good you are in all the years you've been doing whatever you do. Then after 50 years (or whatever) your new boss comes along and, although this boss has the vision to make your projects into something out of this world, he also makes you re-do your work countless times. But since you thought you were so great to begin with, this irks you more than anyone could imagine. AND to add injury to insult, one of your finest moments (in this case the portion at the beginning of RotK) is excluded COMPLETELY from publication.
That kinda smarts.
--
And since I brought up Sean Astin above, let me just say this about his autobiography. The impression that I got from the picture on the cover was that this was going to be a story JUST about Lord of the Rings. I don't know about you but I really don't care that much about Sean Astin's previous movies to want to read all about that. But that's basically what it was. I believe that it was at least HALF the book I had to get through before he even remotely started going into anything LotR. And when he finally did, he acted so "un-Sam-like" it was pathetic. Nothing seemed good enough for him. Sure, I bet the hours that he had to work were gruesome. He didn't get to spend as much time with his family, etc. But (and let's face it) Elijah Wood had the worst of it...he had THE MOST demanding part. PERIOD. And Sean discribes him as only complaining very little. Sean also felt that he deserved an award when the movie was getting its due. All his friends and family were telling him how much he deserved it...and boy was he not happy when he didn't get it...
So the moral of this long post is that it really wasn't that good of a book...you probably don't want to waste your time like I did. I would buy a book written by any other of the Fellowship in a heartbeat, but never Sean again.