A very good actor who not only played in genre movies, but also enjoyed fantasy literature, horror movies and even symphonic metal. He actually met Tolkien, and claimed to re-read Trilogy every year.
Now Aragorn prequels and my Galadriel movie will have to do without Saruman…
Re-enchantment Of The World 
He’ll be missed – unforgettable Rochefort in the best cinematic version of Three and Four Musketeers, Count Dooku, and even (apparently) cardinal Wyszyński… That’s a one in a million batch of villains 😀
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