Ian McKellen has used twitter as well as his amazing writing ability to pay a final tribute to his friend and co-star Christopher Lee who passed away earlier this week.

The man behind a pantheon of villains made his name as a ‘rough and muscular’ update of Dracula

Lee's career led him from Hammer horror to Star Wars.

There can be no doubt that over Christopher Lee was one of the most respected and ’feared’ actors in Hollywood, having racked up more than 200 movie credits in which he very rarely played the good guy.