The other best scene in The Lord of the Rings is when Saruman reveals to Gandalf that
1.) he’s evil now 2.) he’s taking him prisoner 3.) that he had reinvented himself and, rather than simple white, was now wearing an iridescent holographic technicolor pastel rave coat of all the colors of the rainbow
which is, coincidentally, the only correct way to come out to your family
“For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!’
I looked then and saw that his robes, which had seemed white, were not so, but were woven of all colours, and if he moved they shimmered and changed hue so that the eye was bewildered. I liked white better,’ I said.
White!’ he sneered. ‘It serves as a beginning. White cloth may be dyed. The white page can be overwritten; and the white light can be broken.’
In which case it is no longer white,’ said I. 'And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
R.I.P. Sir Christopher Lee. The British actor, known for his roles as Count Dracula, Saruman the White from the The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Count Dooku in Star Wars, has died at the age of 93. We remember him in our list of the Top 10 Actors Who Always Play Villains here.
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