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Christopher Lee Back as Saruman The White

by The Hobbit on January 16, 2011

Christopher Lee’s official web site says that as long as he remains in good health the actor will be back in Middle Earth to resume his role as Saruman.

“Sir. Christopher Lee had been in talks to reprise his role as the wizard Saruman and it now looks certain, providing that he is in good health, that he will be appearing in the movie.”

It doesn’t mention whether he will travel to New Zealand to work on the set or whether his scenes will be done in London in front of blue screens and then digitally imposed into the movie. Sir Christopher has said on several occasions that he feels at his age the travel to New Zealand to be on The Hobbit set would be too much for him.

He was many people’s favourite for the voice of Smaug but if he’s back as Saruman that now seems unlikely.

Sir Christopher Lee is considered a Tolkien scholar and was the only person involved in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy that actually knew the author. He read each of the 3 books at least once a year for several decades.

He was said to have been upset with Peter Jackson about the deletion of his death scene in the theatrical version of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The scene was put back into the Extended Edition which is seen as the definitive version.

To date the actor has appeared in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever and became a knight in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2009.