10 Insane Facts You Didn't Know About Christopher Lee
5. One Of These Was A Porn Movie
"One should try anything he can in his career, except folkdance and incest" the wise words of Christopher Lee, there, a man so open to any and all acting offers that he just couldnt seem to say no. Including that time they offered him a soft porn movie. In fairness to Lee, the actor wasnt actually aware that what he was appearing in was going to be material of the pornographic variety. The year was 1970, and Lee had somehow been convinced to act as the narrator of Jesus Francos Eugenie... The Story Of Her Journey Into Perversion, thinking it was a film about the Marquis de Sade. According to Lee, everything was above board when he flew out to Spain for his single day of work everyone on-set had their clothes on, and all was well. Later, he was informed by a friend that his new movie was playing in a notorious X-rated theatre, but by then Lee was probably just happy to be making up the numbers on the way to that Guinness world record.
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