The Wicker Tree tripped over power cables on set. Although very disappointed, Hardy gave the role intended for Lee to Graham McTavish, the actor who had originally been cast as Beame, the Morrisons' butler. Clive Russell plays Beame instead. Lee is still in the film, making a brief cameo appearance as the unnamed "Old Gentleman" who acts as Lachlan's mentor in a flashback. Robin Hardy has stated that fans of "The Wicker Man" will recognise this character as Lord Summerisle, but Lee himself has contradicted this, stating that they are two unrelated characters. Joan Collins was originally set to play Lady Delia Morrison
The Wicker Man (film series) DVD on Amazon for the first three months after its release, a fact that director Robin Hardy was very proud of. "The Wrath of the Gods" was a planned romantic black comedy film written and to have been directed by Hardy, and based on "Twilight of the Gods", the final part of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle. In this film, "the gods get their comeuppance." Hardy announced plans for a trilogy in a 2007 interview with "The Guardian" newspaper, though the first film in the trilogy, "The Wicker Man", was originally made in 1973, 34 years before. The third film was