[LS]

My favorite Christopher Lee story: He fought in the RAF in WW II as a fighter pilot.

In the 1960s, they were filming "The Battle of Britain," and Lee auditioned for the role of a pilot, and was rejected.

"You're too big to be a pilot," the casting director told him.

[Conan the Librarian]

Not only was he a pilot, he was also in British Special Forces.

When filming Saruman’s Death in The Return of the King (not in the theatre version, only on the DVD), Peter Jackson tried to tell him how to sound when he was stabbed by Wormtounge. He told Jackson that he knew too well how a man sounds when he is stabbed in the back.

I wouldn’t mess with him even in his 80s.

[SuziQ]

"You're too big to be a pilot," the casting director told him.

LOL! Didn't the RAF pilots, around the time of the Battle of Britain, have about a 6 week expected life span? Somehow I don't think the RAF was being TOO picky.