Only One Lord of the Rings Cast Member Actually Got To Meet J.R.R. Tolkien

Few people had as remarkable a life as Christopher Lee. Apart from his numerous iconic roles in film, including Saruman the White in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he was also a World War II veteran, a heavy metal singer, and more. As if all that hadn't already granted him a larger-than-life status, for fans of The Lord of the Rings, he was also one step above everyone else for a simple reason: he was the only member of the film trilogy cast to have actually met the author of the books, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien himself.