Rob Zombie's Halloween remake needs Mr. Lee

**Josh Farley** · 12th September 2006, 05:26 AM

Hello fellow Leeholics, Rob Zombie is doing a remake of Halloween. Mr. Lee turned down the role of Dr. Sam Loomis in the original. Mr. Lee appearantly said it was his biggest mistake. So let's get him into the remake... Please sign the petition.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/N...oweenMovie2007

**Andrés Verdú** · 12th September 2006, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh Farley

Mr. Lee turned down the role of Dr. Sam Loomis in the original. Mr. Lee appearantly said it was his biggest mistake. So let's get him into the remake... Please sign the petition.

Hello everyone,

This is an interesting topic. I, for one, am curious as to how Mr Lee would choose to play Dr Loomis. But I am not so sure whether Mr Lee would be interested in appearing in a remake of Halloween. I have read conflicting views on Mr Lee's views on this subject. Some sources I have read do maintain that Mr Lee said it was "his biggest mistake" (see for example IMDb at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000489/bio under the "Trivia" section). However, other sources refute this. In Jonathan Rigby's Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History, for instance, one can read the following: "'I don't regret that,' Lee insisted in 1995. 'I said there was nothing in this character, all he does is say "This man is dangerous and mad."'" (Rigby, Jonathan, Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History, (Surrey, England: Reynolds and Hearn Ltd., 2001), p. 178).

Therefore, I would think the best thing would be to find out how Mr Lee feels about the part now, and whether he would want to play Dr Loomis in a remake of Halloween, and then go on from there. Judging by the standards of most recent remakes, I can only imagine how dreadfully this project might end without a contribution from some good actors who can meet the challenges of reinterpreting such a classic film of its genre. I would definitely like to know what Mr Lee thinks... and, of course, it's also up to the director and the producers, as to whether they would want Mr Lee for the role.

On a related note, does anyone have any views about the current obsession with remaking films which were brilliant the first time round? Call me fastidious if you like, but I don't quite see the point of it. Is it just me, or does anyone else get the feeling that some of the companies in the film industry are growing increasingly lazy and are becoming overly dependent on other people's great ideas?

Warmest regards,

Andrés

Marije Kraa · 13th September 2006, 05:22 PM

I don't think it's a right thing to do to sortof try and force Mr. Lee into playing a role.

he's a not a piece of cattle.

Yes, he's an excellent actor, and the movie might've been good but remakes often aren't much a success.

So I'll not sign for those reasons. There are probably more too agree (or not)

**Jennifer Cline** · 29th October 2006, 12:26 AM

Oh my goodness, that would be so cool if he got accepted to play that role for the remake of the Halloween movie.

**Isabel Alves** · 29th October 2006, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Jennifer Cline

Oh my goodness, that would be so cool if he got accepted to play that role for the remake of the Halloween movie.

Any project or until a remake (I don't like them a lot... ), but if it counts with Mr. Lee, it has all of the success chances! ... I think and I feel like this....

**Stuart Ball** · 30th October 2006, 10:29 AM

As mentioned already in this thread, there seems to be a proliferation of re-makes at this time - re-makes of wonderful originals that can never be topped.

Just having Rob Zombie attached to this project fills me with dread after those awful gore fests he's made in the last couple of years.

I think Mr. Lee has moved on from roles like this now and it would be a backward step to appear in something like this.