Love the absurdly hidden in plain sight nomenclature. No effort 'cuz surely one would change their names ... BUT that's exactly what they would expect. Never ignore the "Sub-obvious".
@@jamesbond_and_friendsots of genealogists think he may of got a little too excited about the idea of being descended for Charlemagne. Turns out most Europeans are probably descended from Charlemagne. It's just to do with how family trees work. Since the number of ancestors doubles with each generation, 2 parents, 4 grandparents and so on. By the time you get back to Charlemagnes time you'd have a billion ancestors walking around, more people than were alive. So eveyones family tree has to eventually converge and we are all descend from the same people.
@@ryanwalker8843 Makes sense, yes. Much like how 16 million people are thought to have descended from Genghis Khan. Charlemagne was less rapacious than Khan (to put it mildly), but still had a number of wives and concubines so there’s no doubt a huge number of Europeans are descended from him. I intend to read a biography of him this year, as he is a fascinating figure. It would be interesting to see Christopher Lee’s family tree. I had a quick look on Wikipedia (not the most reliable source, I know), and his mother’s lineage goes back to the 12th century. Barbarossa gave them permission to use the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire. I wonder if this is what suggested a link to Charlemagne. One could go on speculating I suppose!
I wonder, when they make a movie about this great man. His greatness does not come from acting, but from the fact that - in the context of his life - acting was just a very small part.
I kinda hope they dont. I dont think any film could do him justice. I feel like a biographical novel would be more appropriate, but even then, would it do him justice?
@BitcoinMotorist NOT so. I'm an American actor and we certainly do call the bad guys henchman as "The Heavies" . It is not so much a British term as opposed to a older term from the Golden age of cinema. Most young up and coming actors who crave leading man parts are often wary of accepting a "heavy" role as those people often then get stereotyped as only a heavy.
This guy was an Enigma ! David Carradine used to tell a story about when they both worked together on a movie Bruce lee ( no relation ) wrote a script for called The Silent Flute ! and Christopher would tell Carradine that he could do anything and everything Carradine thought he was just eggaggerating, till he would show him something he'd never seen before on a daily Basis during the movie shoot to the point Carradine became in Awe of him ! its in Carradines autobiography ENDLESS HIGHWAY ! r.i.p. Both 😢❤🙏
Sir Christopher Lee is my favorite actor ever. The man was an absolute legend. A commando in WWII, an incredible actor, related to Ian Fleming, direct descendant of Charlemagne, friend of JRR Tolkien, and consummate gentleman. His biography reads like an action novel.
He wasnt a commando, also most French/Belgian and Brits are descendants of Charlemagne due to the number of kids he had an how long ago he lived - He’s also been found to have embellished his military service A LOT
@@edwardal7980Maybe but a significant amount of his war time record is under the 100 year rule so we might get to find out in 2046 ish unless they extent the period which they can do if it is deemed too sensitive.
The Man Whit The Golden Gun 1974, Directed By Guy Hamilton.❤ Screenplay: Roger Moore.Cristopher Lee. Hervé Villechaize. Bernard Lee. Britt Ekland. Maud Adams. Bernard Lee. Clifton James. Desmond Llewelyn. Lois Maxwell. Soon- Tek Oh. Richard Loo. Marne Maitland. ❤
@@TheNoiseySpectatorno one because truth is less believable than fiction and nobody would believe he did what he did, plus due to the nature of what he did a lot of it’s classified so you would need to get either the British PM or his majesty to declassify it
James bond admitting he met his villains as recorded by his cousin. Jokes aside, its so fascinating how much Lee got to discuss such things with great authors like Flemming or Tolkein. He got to play some good villains based on those stories.
You know, everyone I have met always discounts Pearce Brosnan’s version of James Bond, but I like him! Certainly he’s not the best ever, but I enjoyed his character. What do you think?
"Fleming was my cousin." Sir. Christopher Lee, the fact he was acquainted with so many interesting figures throughout history (he even befriended Tolkien and got his blessing to be Gandalf the Wizard if ever the LotR trilogy made it to film) on top of his amazing acting career makes him the most interesting man in the world. Yes, even in death he still retains that title!
Well he's talking about the books, not the films, and apparently in _them_ it was just a pet octopus. So I don't find it that difficult to believe there may have been a matching Real Life equivalent.
I can just imagine Christopher meeting these guys and looking over at Ian who had that "when you're trying to be serious but your buddies making this face" grin.
The man who schooled Peter Jackson bc he knew what a real person would sound like whilst being stabbed in the back. What a legend. R.I.P. sir Lee. You are missed.
He was a Agent himself on the field during world war two. When in a film he was in. He told the director that when a man is killed by someone cutting there throat from behind they dont make a sound. He said its actually a strange think as there surprised but that makes them freeze. That then really dont make any sound. The director knew his back ground did not ask him how he knew this.
The fact that he told Peter Jackson the exact sound that stabbing someone in the back would make other than what he was told to do tells you this guy was part of the stories.
My dad's friend was the head deer stalker on blackmount estate owned by the Flemming family had some great days out on the hill when i was a kid great days.
Most interesting man in the world.
Facts
Yes He Was Bro 😎 one of my favorite Old ,School actors my Fav Dracula 🧛♂️ and Sith Lord R.I.P mr Lee 🤘🤘😢😢
Yea a real artist and talent, he played so many iconic and classic roles… it will take a long time to see such talent again
The only person I can think of who could come close to that title is Billy Waugh.
Love the absurdly hidden in plain sight nomenclature. No effort 'cuz surely one would change their names ... BUT that's exactly what they would expect. Never ignore the "Sub-obvious".
Christopher Lee is related to both Ian Fleming and Confederate General Robert E. Lee
Don't forget Bruce Lee and Spike Lee.
He is also a descendant of Charlemagne, King of the Franks and the first Holy Roman Emperor
@@jamesbond_and_friendsots of genealogists think he may of got a little too excited about the idea of being descended for Charlemagne. Turns out most Europeans are probably descended from Charlemagne. It's just to do with how family trees work. Since the number of ancestors doubles with each generation, 2 parents, 4 grandparents and so on. By the time you get back to Charlemagnes time you'd have a billion ancestors walking around, more people than were alive. So eveyones family tree has to eventually converge and we are all descend from the same people.
@@ryanwalker8843 Makes sense, yes. Much like how 16 million people are thought to have descended from Genghis Khan. Charlemagne was less rapacious than Khan (to put it mildly), but still had a number of wives and concubines so there’s no doubt a huge number of Europeans are descended from him. I intend to read a biography of him this year, as he is a fascinating figure.
It would be interesting to see Christopher Lee’s family tree. I had a quick look on Wikipedia (not the most reliable source, I know), and his mother’s lineage goes back to the 12th century. Barbarossa gave them permission to use the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire. I wonder if this is what suggested a link to Charlemagne. One could go on speculating I suppose!
@@tbiytc3330Lee Marvin
Christopher Lee had such a fascinating life and always comes across as a thoroughly decent chap....as they say.
Jeez, every story I learn about this guy makes him more incredible.
Then tell
It’s all lies. 😂
I can't look at Dracula without being terrified. Christopher Lee you are the reason I still sleep with garlic.
IKR!😅🧄
He has a powerful weapon
He charges a million a shot
An assassin that's second to none
The man with the golden gun
No interruption, Just listening intently, love the respect for good informative conversation. Beautifully melodic
This was 30 years before he released a heavy metal album
He was also a WW II hero. Ultimate renaissance man. I had a huge crush in him as a teenager.🥰
AFTER I CAME BACK FROM THE MOON VISIT FOR THE THIRD TIME😊
Hes got a lovely voice.very relaxing.
Google his life. The most extraordinary life. Such a nice nice man. RIP.
Could listen to Christopher all night
Great actor .. loved his horror films and his teaming with Peter Cushing !
As a Fleming myself I could listen to Christopher all night long about his own career and of stories of him and Ian Fleming.
Are you closely related to him and Ian Fleming?
R.I.P Christopher lee
SIR Christopher Lee was the type of guy who could keep you awake and on the tip of your toes for 24h by reading you a phone book.
or telling you his stories
I wonder, when they make a movie about this great man. His greatness does not come from acting, but from the fact that - in the context of his life - acting was just a very small part.
No movie will ever be made, because there is no actor who could adequately play him.
I kinda hope they dont. I dont think any film could do him justice. I feel like a biographical novel would be more appropriate, but even then, would it do him justice?
"the Heavies" I like that. Gotta remember that one...
More of a British saying than an American one
@BitcoinMotorist NOT so. I'm an American actor and we certainly do call the bad guys henchman as "The Heavies" .
It is not so much a British term as opposed to a older term from the Golden age of cinema.
Most young up and coming actors who crave leading man parts are often wary of accepting a "heavy" role as those people often then get stereotyped as only a heavy.
This guy was an Enigma ! David Carradine used to tell a story about when they both worked together on a movie Bruce lee ( no relation ) wrote a script for called The Silent Flute ! and Christopher would tell Carradine that he could do anything and everything Carradine thought he was just eggaggerating, till he would show him something he'd never seen before on a daily Basis during the movie shoot to the point Carradine became in Awe of him ! its in Carradines autobiography ENDLESS HIGHWAY ! r.i.p. Both 😢❤🙏
I admired Christopher Lee more than most.
Such class and style
Larger than life, incredibly talented and a true gentleman with it.
God I could listen to that man talk for years.
so fascinating.
🤗🙏
I love this Actor as a villain
Sir Christopher Lee is my favorite actor ever. The man was an absolute legend. A commando in WWII, an incredible actor, related to Ian Fleming, direct descendant of Charlemagne, friend of JRR Tolkien, and consummate gentleman. His biography reads like an action novel.
He wasnt a commando, also most French/Belgian and Brits are descendants of Charlemagne due to the number of kids he had an how long ago he lived - He’s also been found to have embellished his military service A LOT
@@edwardal7980Maybe but a significant amount of his war time record is under the 100 year rule so we might get to find out in 2046 ish unless they extent the period which they can do if it is deemed too sensitive.
The more I find out about Christopher Lee, the more he sounds like someone who couldn't exist due to so many crazy connections.
Hm.
He has been found to embellish a lot of stories
He was The Real JAMES BOND
it has been said that flemming modeled bond's personality after sir christopher
@@thewkovacs316David Niven
there's a whole wikipedia page about James Bond's inspirations in real life, the first one was Ian Fleming himself.
He was just gorgeous in 'The Devil Rides Out', great actor, sorely missed....😢🎉
Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side. 😎
The Man Whit The Golden Gun 1974, Directed By Guy Hamilton.❤
Screenplay:
Roger Moore.Cristopher Lee.
Hervé Villechaize.
Bernard Lee.
Britt Ekland.
Maud Adams.
Bernard Lee.
Clifton James.
Desmond Llewelyn.
Lois Maxwell.
Soon- Tek Oh.
Richard Loo.
Marne Maitland.
❤
One of my favourite actor of all time and a great actor brilliant
Plus I luv Dracula and Christopher Lee was the best
Noone could play Dracula like Christopher Lee!@@paulmoloney4160
I would totally watch a movie or a tv show about his life
and who would you get to adequately play him in the movie? 😞
@@TheNoiseySpectatorno one because truth is less believable than fiction and nobody would believe he did what he did, plus due to the nature of what he did a lot of it’s classified so you would need to get either the British PM or his majesty to declassify it
@@dionjaywoollaston1349 I think you overlooked the word "Adequately" in my question.
What actor could portray him well enough?
@@TheNoiseySpectator believe me I didn’t, I actually considered Henry cavil briefly as well as Christian bale but decided it couldn’t work
The Real life Bond
A Great Man Legend 🇬🇧
Best Dracula, hammer house of horror films
Iisten to that lovely voice❤
❤ Sir Christopher Lee
A great man and actor. He would have made a great Bond
He lived it.
Mr. Lee was a charming man that you wouldn’t want to mess with. Amazing life story!
Total legend and a true hero, what a life. R.I.P. Mr Lee 🙏🇬🇧
One of the most badass and greates actors of all time. Rwst in peace Sir.
He looks like he'd be good playing a vampire.
He does in the 1958 Film Dracula.
Tis’ a joke
@@popatochisps1198 Twas missed on my part.
Another great actor we miss dearly
It’s so weird seeing him without facial hair in this clip
James bond admitting he met his villains as recorded by his cousin.
Jokes aside, its so fascinating how much Lee got to discuss such things with great authors like Flemming or Tolkein.
He got to play some good villains based on those stories.
A Legend by anyone's name. RIP Sir🙏🏽
He spoke oh so cutely
The hottest scariest Dracula EVER.
The real count dracula loved this actor ❤
What a man
Well I didn’t know that count Dooku was related to Ian Fleming dang
not only that...Sir Lee IS Bond. Mr. Flemming based Bond on his cousin Sir Lee. They were both spies in WW2.
A once in a century individual. From swashbucklers to horrors to scifi to LOTR and Hobbit, just brilliant.
Christopher lee brilliant actor.such a interesting man.
"I don't always use a gun, but when I do, I prefer the Golden Gun. Stay accurate, my friends..."- Francisco Scaramanga
SeanConery, Daniel Craig, Timothy, RogerMoore, Pearce, they’re great Actors
You know, everyone I have met always discounts Pearce Brosnan’s version of James Bond, but I like him! Certainly he’s not the best ever, but I enjoyed his character. What do you think?
My fav movies of bond are the man with the golden gun and goldfinger 🎉
Christopher Lee's life was so interesting that it reads like a novel. He's one of these people who were born at exactly the right place and time.
"Fleming was my cousin."
Sir. Christopher Lee, the fact he was acquainted with so many interesting figures throughout history (he even befriended Tolkien and got his blessing to be Gandalf the Wizard if ever the LotR trilogy made it to film) on top of his amazing acting career makes him the most interesting man in the world. Yes, even in death he still retains that title!
I read somewhere that Goldfinger was inspired by Ernő Goldfinger - the Modernist architect behind many of London's tower blocks...
Great storyteller! He also met Jussi Björling, who wanted to give him private lessons, because of his great talent!
At the risk of coming across as a complete Philistine, who is Jussi Bjorling ?
Eton? He Definitely met a lot of villains... there...
Great actor and very interesting man. He was also an opera singer I believe
No way ! ?
I love him!!!
Surely no one is named Octopussy.
Well he's talking about the books, not the films, and apparently in _them_ it was just a pet octopus. So I don't find it that difficult to believe there may have been a matching Real Life equivalent.
Haha haha! 😂
@@beth12svist Oh, interesting. Thanx
I want to meet the real Pussy Galore!
Fleming named Goldfinger after the architect Erno Goldfinger and said, if Goldfinger tried to sue, he would change the character's name to 'Goldprick'
That is a great story by the great man. Thank you Mr. Lee.
I can just imagine Christopher meeting these guys and looking over at Ian who had that "when you're trying to be serious but your buddies making this face" grin.
Christopher Lee in a Star Wars movie was the most awesome thing ever
Fascinating fantastical person.
The Best Dracula
Wut? Christopher Lee is Ian Fleming’s cousin?!
Through marriage from what I've been able to find; they also grew up together and were golf buddies for a long time.
Amazing man who lived
On his mothers side he was related to Cardinal Consalvi who stood up to Napoleon.
Brilliant !
The real stuff that went on during WWII is crazier than the books. These guys did some wild stuff.
In many ways this guy did the stuff Bond did as well, let that sink in.
Cricket commentator Henry Blofeld (my dear old thing) always maintained that the character Blofeld was named after him.
The man who schooled Peter Jackson bc he knew what a real person would sound like whilst being stabbed in the back. What a legend. R.I.P. sir Lee. You are missed.
Sir Christopher Lee was in S.O.E ( Special Operations Executive) during the War.
Freakin legend
Dang, everything I learn about Christopher Lee makes him cooler and cooler
Amazing!
Beautiful voice
Extremely interesting 🧐
Absolute legend.
Henry” Blofeld “the cricket commentators dad ,I believe was where he got that iconic villains name from
Goldfinger was an architect. He designed Trellick tower in NW London.
One guy i wish i could have had a drink with.
He was a Agent himself on the field during world war two. When in a film he was in. He told the director that when a man is killed by someone cutting there throat from behind they dont make a sound. He said its actually a strange think as there surprised but that makes them freeze. That then really dont make any sound. The director knew his back ground did not ask him how he knew this.
The fact that he told Peter Jackson the exact sound that stabbing someone in the back would make other than what he was told to do tells you this guy was part of the stories.
Amazing ❤
And of course Miss Lucille Ball practically invented Television with Her endless Hollywood Creativity! So there is that.💃📺B.W.
Just no.
What rubbish.
Scary vampire in the day used to scare the shit out of me at 5 years old 😧
If there was anyone in bistory that could hold the title of "Him", its Christopher Lee. He's him.
My dad's friend was the head deer stalker on blackmount estate owned by the Flemming family had some great days out on the hill when i was a kid great days.
Fabulous. Man With the Golden Gun, 1974
A wizard of a man
Absolute legend
The real James bond
"we used to talk alot together about his stories" aka "I told him about the wild shit I got up to and he changed the names and wrote it down"😅
Nobody can narrate anything by Edgar Allen Poe better than Christopher Lee.