RIP Christopher Lee

"I like a girl in a bikini. No concealed weapons."

-- Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) from The Man With The Golden Gun.

I saw this movie in the theaters as a little boy, and was transfixed by Christopher Lee's performance as the villain. He utters the above line just after we see the captured Bond girl Mary Goodnight (played by Britt Ekland) emerge in Scaramanga's lair clad only in a bikini.

This film, along with Chris Lee's Bond villain's line helped imbue in me a lifelong love of women in bikinis. But far more than that, Chris Lee was one of my all-time favorite actors, having also played Dracula, as well as having roles in the Star Wars films and the Lord Of The Rings series (he was a huge fan of the LOTR books) and many more films. He died today at age 93.

Rest in peace, Mr. Lee.