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“Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff didn’t like the word ‘horror'”, Lee once said. “They, like I, went for the French description: “the theatre of the fantastique.” Indeed, Lee himself lent his presence to a lifetime of characters making the fantastic into something more powerful, more fearful, and maybe just a little more human.
EB: One of his trademark series of prints feature the evolution of various pop culture icons and characters in art form, which feature the stages of a particular actor or character’s career and how they looked at a certain period of time.
His latest creations feature the evolutions of Harrison Ford, Sam Jackson, Alan Rickman, and RDJ, which you can see below amongst a few other choice selections.
ATE: Sir Christopher Lee was a freaking legend. He began his acting career with small roles back in 1946, and went on to be one of film’s most menacing and memorable bad guys. He was fluent in four languages and filmed more sword fights than any other actor, ever. You know who he was, and so does your mom, and your grandma, and maybe even your great grandma. Not too many actors can make that claim to fame. So to celebrate his life and his movies, we’re taking a look at the top 5 most epic roles of Sir Christopher Lee.
WOW247: "When you hear the man’s name spoken aloud, the films that instantly spring to mind are likely to be Dracula and other iconic Hammer Horror pictures – or Star Wars and Lord Of The Rings if you’re under 30.
"But when I think of Christopher Lee, the film that immediately springs to mind for me is The Wicker Man; that astonishing classic of ’70s British cinema."