Editing Christopher Lee (section)

=== 2010–2015: Later roles ===
In 2004, Lee lamented that Hollywood scripts were mainly spin-offs, as people were afraid of taking financial risks, commenting that he was mostly being offered spin-offs of ''Lord of the Rings'' or ''Star Wars''.<ref name="Lindrea 2004" /> In 2010, he marked his fourth collaboration with Tim Burton by voicing the [[Jabberwock]] in Burton's [[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|adaptation]] of [[Lewis Carroll]]'s classic book ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', alongside [[Johnny Depp]], [[Helena Bonham Carter]] and [[Anne Hathaway]].<ref name="AllMovie Filmography" /><ref name="Behind the Voice Actors" /> Lee respected Depp as "a fellow survivor",<ref name="Walker 2006" /> describing him as "inventive and [having] enormous versatility".<ref name="Walker 2006">{{cite web |url=http://new.spectator.co.uk/2006/05/never-be-terrible-in-a-terrible-movie/ |title=Never Be Terrible in a Terrible Movie |last=Walker |first=Tim |website=[[The Spectator]] |date=31 May 2006 |access-date=17 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016085817/http://new.spectator.co.uk/2006/05/never-be-terrible-in-a-terrible-movie/ |archive-date=16 October 2015}}</ref> In 2010, Lee received the [[Steiger Award]] (Germany) and,<ref>{{cite news |title=Steiger Award 2010: Die Preisverleihung |language=de |trans-title=Steiger Award 2010: The Award Ceremony |url=https://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/nachrichten/steiger-award-2010-die-preisverleihung-g15787.html |access-date=11 June 2021 |work=[[Ruhr Nachrichten]] |date=13 March 2010 |quote=Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sir Christopher Lee – die Liste der Prominenten, die am Samstag in der Bochumer Jahrhunderthalle mit dem Steiger Award 2010 ausgezeichnet worden sind, ist lang. |archive-date=11 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611114849/https://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/nachrichten/steiger-award-2010-die-preisverleihung-g15787.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> in February 2011, Lee was awarded the [[BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award|BAFTA Fellowship]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12395181 |title=Christopher Lee to receive Bafta Fellowship |work=[[BBC News]] |date=8 February 2011 |access-date=14 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210090142/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12395181 |archive-date=10 February 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Christopher Lee (Berlinale 2012) 2.jpg|thumb|right|Lee at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] in February 2012]]
In 2011, he appeared in a Hammer film, ''[[The Resident (film)|The Resident]]'', for the first time in 35 years. The film was directed by [[Antti Jokinen]], and Lee gave a "superbly sinister" performance alongside [[Hilary Swank]] and [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/10/the-resident-review |title=The Resident – review |date=10 March 2011 |access-date=2 January 2014 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |last1=Clarke |first1=Cath}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18048 |title=Hi-Res Look at Hilary Swank in Hammer Films' 'The Resident' |publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com |access-date=4 October 2010 |date=10 November 2009}}</ref> While filming scenes for the film in [[New Mexico]] in early 2009, Lee injured his back when he tripped over power cables on set.<ref name=timesinterview>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/film/article2432282.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220234403/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/film/article2432282.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 December 2013 |title=Christopher Lee: a giant among actors |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=20 November 2009 |access-date=20 December 2012}}</ref> Lee appears as the unnamed "Old Gentleman" who acts as Lachlan's mentor in a flashback.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ruemorgueradio.com/RMpodcast/RM-051.mp3 |title=RM-051.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) |last=Hardy |first=Robin |publisher=[[Rue Morgue Radio]] |access-date=12 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520175938/http://ruemorgueradio.com/RMpodcast/RM-051.mp3 |archive-date=20 May 2013}}</ref> Also in 2011, Lee appeared in the critically acclaimed ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]'', directed by [[Martin Scorsese]].<ref name="Trumbore 2011">{{cite web |last=Trumbore |first=Dave |title=Christopher Lee Talks The Hobbit, Hugo and Dark Shadows |url=https://collider.com/christopher-lee-the-hobbit-dark-shadows/ |website=Collider |access-date=11 June 2021 |date=29 December 2011 |url-status=live |archive-date=25 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725230553/https://collider.com/christopher-lee-the-hobbit-dark-shadows/}}</ref>

Lee reprised the role of Saruman for the prequel film ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|The Hobbit]]''.<ref name=chrislee>{{cite news |url=http://christopherleeweb.com/story/sir-christopher-returns-hobbit |agency=Christopher Lee Official Website |title=Sir Christopher Returns in The Hobbit |date=11 January 2011 |access-date=11 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115011730/http://christopherleeweb.com/story/sir-christopher-returns-hobbit |archive-date=15 January 2011}}</ref> He said he would have liked to have shown Saruman's corruption by [[Sauron]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Glen |last=Ferris |title=Christopher Lee on ''The Hobbit'' |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |date=4 June 2008 |url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22681 |access-date=25 September 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523070831/http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22681}}</ref> but was too old to travel to New Zealand, so the production was adjusted to allow him to participate from London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/christopher-lee-talks-saruman-in-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey |title=Christopher Lee Talks Saruman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |publisher=[[MovieWeb]] |date=31 December 2011 |access-date=20 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107035919/http://www.movieweb.com/news/christopher-lee-talks-saruman-in-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey}}</ref> In 2012, Lee marked his fifth and final collaboration with Tim Burton, by appearing in Burton's film adaptation of the [[Gothic fiction|gothic]] soap opera ''[[Dark Shadows (film)|Dark Shadows]]'', in the small role of a [[New England]] fishing captain.<ref name="weird">{{cite magazine |url=http://ollyrichards.net/2011/12/04/dark-shadows-preview-feature-empire-nov-11/ |last=Richards |first=Olly |title=The Weird Bunch |magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |date=November 2011 |page=70}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dark Shadows: About |url=http://darkshadowsmovie.warnerbros.com/assets/img/_downloads/_pdf/Dark_Shadows_Production_Notes.pdf |publisher=Warner Bros |date=29 April 2012 |access-date=25 September 2022 |url-status=live |archive-date=28 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228090508/https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/dark-shadows/}}</ref>

[[File:Christopher Lee at the Berlin International Film Festival 2013.jpg|thumb|right|Lee at the Berlin International Film Festival 2013]]
In an interview in August 2013, Lee said that he was "saddened" to hear his friend Johnny Depp was considering retiring from acting, observing that he himself had no intention of doing that:
{{blockquote|There are frustrations – people who lie to you, people who don't know what they are doing, films that don't turn out the way you had wanted them to – so, yes, I do understand [why Depp would consider retiring]. I always ask myself, "Well, what else could I do?" Making films has never just been a job to me, it's my life. I have some interests outside of acting – I sing and I've written books, for instance – but acting is what keeps me going, it's what I do, it gives life purpose... I'm realistic about the amount of work I can get at my age, but I take what I can, even voice-overs and narration.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Michael |url=http://guardianlv.com/2013/08/johnny-depp-retirement-saddens-christopher-lee/ |title=Johnny Depp Retirement Saddens Christopher Lee |website=Guardian Liberty Voice |date=10 August 2013 |access-date=25 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-date=11 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811013746/https://guardianlv.com/2013/08/johnny-depp-retirement-saddens-christopher-lee/}}</ref>}}

Lee narrated the feature-length documentary ''[[Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics]]'', which was released on 25 October 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last=Vejvoda |first=Jim |title=New Documentary on DC Supervillains Announced: Necessary Evil to be narrated by Christopher Lee |publisher=IGN |date=26 March 2013 |url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/03/26/new-documentary-on-dc-supervillains-announced |accessdate=25 September 2022}}</ref> In 2014, he appeared in an episode of the BBC documentary series ''Timeshift'' called ''How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective''. Lee and others who had played Sherlock Holmes discussed the character and the various interpretations of him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03pzsd9 |title=How to be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=21 March 2014}}</ref> He appeared in a web exclusive, reading an excerpt from the Sherlock Holmes short story ''[[The Final Problem]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01nwby9 |title=Web exclusive: Christopher Lee reads The Final Problem |work=[[BBC Four]] |date=23 December 2013 |access-date=21 March 2014}}</ref>

A month before his death, Lee had signed to star with an [[ensemble cast]] in the Danish film ''The 11th''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Child |first=Ben |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/19/christopher-lee-and-uma-thurman-attached-to-911-drama-set-in-denmark |title=Christopher Lee and Uma Thurman attached to 9/11 drama set in Denmark |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=19 May 2015 |access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref> One of his final performances was the independent ''[[Angels in Notting Hill]]'' directed by Michael Pakleppa,<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosser |first=Michael |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/christopher-lee-dies-aged-93/5089303.article |title=Christopher Lee dies aged 93 |work=Screen International |date=11 June 2015 |access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref> a fantasy film about an angel trapped in London who falls in love with a human being. Lee played The Boss / Mr. President and the film premiered in the Regent Street Cinema, London on 29 October 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.regentstreetcinema.com/programme/angels-in-notting-hill/ |website=Regent Street Cinema |title=Listings |date=12 October 2016 |access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref>