Saruman than in their equivalent books, and he appears in several scenes that are not depicted in Tolkien's work. In the films, Saruman is depicted presenting himself outright as a servant of Sauron. Smith and Matthews suggest that Saruman's role is built up as a substitute for Sauron—the story's main antagonist—who never appears directly in the book. Jackson confirms this view in the commentary to the DVD. They also suggest that having secured veteran British horror actor Christopher Lee to play Saruman, it made sense to make greater use of his star status. Despite this increased role in the first two
The Lord of the Rings Online camps or lone NPCs. In addition to regular free updates, six expansion packs have been released: There are six playable races in "Lord of the Rings Online": Dwarf, Elf, High Elf, Hobbit, Beorning and Man. Players can choose a male or female sex for each race apart from Dwarves, for whom male is the only playable gender. There are seven classes that can be played in "The Lord of the Rings Online", Champion, Guardian, Hunter, Burglar, Captain, Minstrel and Lore-master, with two additional classes () playable in the "" expansion. A tenth class, the Beorning, was introduced in Update 15