Christopher Lee's already historic career is fitting in one more Lord of the Rings film almost 10 years after his death. The thing about Christopher Lee, is that he's been in so much it's hard to say what he's most iconic for. Obviously the nerdier folks of you reading this will first and foremost think of him as Saruman in the original Lord of the Rings films, though I'll always have a soft spot for him as Ansem the Wise in Kingdom Heart 2 (what a get).
Before Lee died in 2015, he did manage to appear in a couple of the Hobbit films, reprising his role as Saruman one last time, and now as it turns out that won't be the last time we'll be hearing his voice as the character. Later this year, the first Lord of the Rings anime movie, The War of Rohirrim , will be released in cinemas, taking place before both the original Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies, and Saruman is set to appear in it. Philippa Boyens, a longtime collaborator of Peter Jackson's and co-writer of The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films, recently made an appearance at New York ComicCon, where she spoke with TheOneRing.
net, who spoke about Lee's appearance in the upcoming film. "We went into his [recordings], I got to go back and hear his voice, not just doing his lines, but talking to us as we were recording him," Boyens said. "We based [his performance on The War of Rohirrim] on a line from The Hobbit, which is 'are you in need of assistance my lady?', a version of that line.
We can see how many takes he did.