This is the life story of a star whose acting career has spanned many dark roles, from Sherlock Holmes, Rasputin, Bond villains and Dracula. Here he describes his extraordinary career, acting with stars such as Errol Flynn and John Belushi, and his role in the animated TV Terry Pratchett series.
Having brought to life such iconic characters as Hammer Horror's
Gothic interpretation of Count Dracula, Francisco Scaramanga, the
refined-but-relentless Man With The Golden Gun of the James Bond franchise, the conniving Saruman of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the Star Wars
prequels' Count Dooku over the course of half a century, Lee touched
the lives of countless viewers, even if it was mainly by scaring the
pants off them. They loved every minute of it though, just as much as
they loved Lee, whose cinematic exploits were only the tip of the
iceberg that was the man's interesting life, as one could see upon
reading his fascinating autobiography, Tall, Dark, and Gruesome.
While the bronze-skinned, 6-foot-5 Lee easily fit the first and second
parts of that description, readers will leave with the impression that
the “gruesome” part of it couldn’t be farther from the truth. On the
contrary, Lee demonstrates a pronounced taste for humor (particularly
the dry and self-deprecating kinds), deep respect and an abiding love
for friends, family, and coworkers, traits that would be utterly foreign
to the rogues he so famously portrayed, although some, like The Wicker Man’s
crafty Lord Summerisle and the fiendish (or, in these enlightened
times, the unfortunate) Fu Manchu, shared his obvious intellectual
aptitude. Considering the life of both adversity and achievement that
Lee details in his book, it is not at all surprising that he would
develop such praiseworthy qualities.
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