I have a small Christopher Lee story. I did some extra work on Lord of the Rings when it was being filmed in New Zealand. One very brief scene in the movie is Saruman speaking to the wild-men, telling them how the Rohan came and took their lands from them and that's why they should fight for him.
I was somewhere in the back of that mob listening to him do the speech. That's when I really understood what good acting was because I was actually getting stirred up listening to it. I wanted to go after the Rohan's for taking my land! I was ready to fight!
Anyway, it's not much. I didn't even speak to him but it made me realize how great actors project almost an aura of belief around them when they're acting.
It was this scene here (towards the end of the clip): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU_zsyulWDg - it looks like it was only in the extended edition.
I was somewhere in the back of that mob listening to him do the speech. That's when I really understood what good acting was because I was actually getting stirred up listening to it. I wanted to go after the Rohan's for taking my land! I was ready to fight!
Anyway, it's not much. I didn't even speak to him but it made me realize how great actors project almost an aura of belief around them when they're acting.