Saruman

One week after Christopher Lee's death, we pay homage to this great actor.

Ian McKellen says of him: "He'd been cast as the white wizard Saruman but his opening line to me was: “I've always thought I should play Gandalf. I read Lord of the Rings every year – sometimes twice.”
He then treated me to a snatch of the black speech of Mordor and I felt inadequate."

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