Variety spoke a bit about both Star Wars and Lord of the Rings with Christopher Lee:

After a career spanning more than half a century, Lee says he is fortunate to be still enjoying the kind of success other actors can only dream about.

He is listed in the Guinness Book of Movie Facts and Figures as being the international star with the most screen credits -- more than 250 at the last count -- and his workload shows no signs of easing off.

As well as the Rings movies, he will feature in the next instalment of the Star Wars series ""Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones,'' which is due for release next year.

""I don't think there will be another 55 years somehow. But I have been very fortunate because in the last 18 months I have worked with three of the great directors of today -- Peter Jackson, Tim Burton and George Lucas.''

Lee said he had no doubts from the first day of filming in New Zealand that the Rings films were going to be ""fantastic.''

The films were shot all at once and out of sequence over 18 months in New Zealand. The next two instalments in the series, ""The Two Towers'' and ""The Return of the King'' will be released at the end of 2002 and 2003.

""I was asked the other day what is my greatest ambition in life and I answered to see the third (Rings) film,'' Lee said. ""I'll be 80 in five months so I hope it happens.''

Lee said he was now in a position now where he was working with directors who grew up with, and were influenced by, his early horror films -- a double-edged sword.

While Dracula might have put Lee on the map, the vampire has also threatened to suck the life out of his wider career through the curse of type-casting.

To ward off the curse, Lee has sought out a diverse range of roles in latter years, but to his intense irritation, has found it almost impossible to shake off his image as a screen monster.

""Someone asked me yesterday if Dracula met Saruman and there was a fight who would win. I just looked at this man. What an idiotic thing to say. I mean, really, it was half-witted.''

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