«We sat and talked and drank beer when someone said: Oh, look who has come! It was Professor Tolkien, and I almost fell off my chair. I had no idea that he was still alive. Tolkien was a very agreeable man, and smoked his famous pipe. And he was a genius, a man of incredible intellectual capacity. He knew someone in our group, and the man exclaimed: Oh, Professor ... And Tolkien came to us. And each one of our group asked him: How do you do it? And I could say only: Ka ... How ... How ... ».
blockquote> Of course, when Lee heard about films, he decided to become part of them. He saw himself in the role of Gandalf, and when I learned that Peter Jackson is going to adapt the legendary trilogy, immediately called my agent. Although the actor did not get a coveted role, it still were incredibly thrilling, as he had a chance to be a part of what he has always been fascinated by.
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