What else could a mega star in his 80′s wish more than an official recognition of having been a hero already way back in his 20′s? An opportunity to represent many others in that respect and get the recognition in a way showing he’s personally been a hero all the time and still is? Note that Lee hasn’t ever got any major official awards, so it might *really* mean a lot to him.

The funniest thing was that when AJ and me were singing Finlandia with mr.Lee we just couldn’t remember how our national anthem goes. Oh noes…

I have seen many horror movies and it was not one of the worst. Knowing that this was the first major motion picture for many of the crew behind this movie, thumb up for Pete Riski, Mr. Lordi and others involved.

Oh, and I think Dark Floors was much better than Jade Warrior.

No one can really expect you’d succeed to get Lee or anyone else of such fame into Iron Sky. However, Lee is quite possibly the best fit you could get, and now you already know him and he’s told it sounds interesting. But being able to mention ANY major celebrity appearing on the film even shortly will raise the potential for marketing the film substantially, so don’t give up easily on trying others either.

Pretty much all you can offer with a budget of just a few millions to a top celebrity is an appearance in his honor, so you need to make him feel it as such.
Do tailor a suitable small role in the script to suit whomever you’d get, as it’s his call. The changes don’t need to be large, just enough to make the role sit in well.

I would make the demo ready first and send it together with a copy of SW:ItP when asking. Then he’d see you are serious and skilled, not just another amateur team asking. (I bet Lee gets tons of such requests like any actor.) If he gets interested, he might not just offer his face but invest his own money into the film. Such happens pretty often. (That’s a totally other thing not to be pushed, though.)

Darn it, if I don’t even at least *ask* for Christopher Lee for a certain role in Iron Sky, I’ll be regretting it for the rest of my life. Don’t hold your breath, but then again, Iron Sky is such a lunatic production that it just as well might happen :)

I also have a certain another musician/actor I’m going to approach and see if I can get him interested. Who knows!

Timo.

Say, he could be the “last man standing” of those nazis who first left Earth, the ideological leader influencing in the background and being the “true evil” wearing an Iron Cross Hitler himself gave. Such is just what Lee is the most famous of. The leading nazi commander could be someone else less expensive. Lee might even want to reappear in exactly the same way as in Dracula movies, shown from behind and dressed in a black cloak. Or any way he’d feel comfortable with.

Who knows? You wouldn’t lose anything asking, but you might win big.