When Peter Jackson began explaining what sound Christopher Lee should make when stabbed in the back by Wormtongue, Lee cut him off: 'Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody gets stabbed in the back? I do.' Lee's clandestine WWII service gave him firsthand knowledge that the breath is forced out of the body—not a dramatic scream. Jackson wisely backed down. Lee delivered a performance rooted in real experience, not theatrical convention.
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