Christopher Lee's late music career

02-06-2007 17:53

Christopher Lee is releasing an album at the age of 85.The screen legend sings jazz, flamenco and even some heavy metal on his new record 'Revelation'.He said: "There are not a lot of octogenarians who release albums, or, for that matter, keep working. "The great thing in any career is to surprise people - and I have certainly done that."Meanwhile, Lee's proposed role in Tim Burton's new musical film 'Sweeney Todd' has been axed.The actor was set to play a 'gentleman ghost' in the hotly-anticipated movie, based on Stephen Sondheim's hit stage production, but the scenes have been cut before even reaching the shooting stage.Lee said: "It would have been worse if I had done the scenes, but I never got to film them. It's a shame as the lyrics for my song were wonderful, but these things happen."