Christopher Lee

Film critic Roger Ebert, who had given negative reviews to all three of Curtis' 1980 films, said that Curtis "is to the current horror film glut what Christopher Lee was to the last one-or Boris Karloff was in the 1930s".

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When told of the missing prop, former 007 star Sir Roger Moore made light of the situation and quipped, "You'd better ask Christopher Lee about this. Search his house!"

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He recalls, "There's a scene where Christopher Lee is beating Daliah Lavi with a whip on a beach at sunset.

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"It is ironic, isn't it?" says Lee. "And I am one of only a handful of actors from that period, 50 years ago, to survive. "

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"It's not possible to deny it," Lee says.

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"But," Lee says, "one person did complain to me: 'Jinnah wasn't as tall as you'. So I replied: 'Maybe not, but he was a giant'. "

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He said: "Since then I've never been typecast, although I've played a lot of bad guys, there's more scope than being the man in the white hat. "

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Sir Christopher added: "A whole new career opened up for me when I was in Lord of The Rings and Star Wars.

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