“Dating Her is Like Wearing Hot Lava.”: These Wild Facts About Celebrities Left Us Speechless

Christopher Lee already had one of the most unusual careers in Hollywood before music ever entered the picture. He played Dracula, became Saruman in The Lord of the Rings, and later appeared as Count Dooku in Star Wars. But somehow, his late-life career twist was even stranger than some of his movie roles.

Long after most actors would have slowed down, Lee became a heavy-metal singer. At 91, he even landed on a Billboard chart with a heavy-metal Christmas song. It was a wonderfully bizarre final act, proving that Christopher Lee was never content with being just one kind of legend.