These interview quotes from Peter Jackson and Sir Christopher Lee about the sound someone makes when stabbed in the back are epic. If you didn’t know, Christopher Lee fought in World War II and was an Intelligence Officer who served with the British Special Forces. He was also the only cast member in The Lord of the Rings who had actually met J. R. R. Tolkien. This man is a legend and was a total badass. And now we know the accurate sound someone makes when stabbed in the back:

Here’s the full interview quotes from Peter Jackson and Christopher Lee:

Peter Jackson: When Wormtongue rises up and comes up behind Saruman to stab him, of course it was my job as director to talk to Christopher and to explain to him what I wanted. So I started to go into this long explanation about what sort of sound he should make when he got stabbed.

Christopher Lee: I seem to recall that I did say to Peter, have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody’s stabbed in the back? And I said, because I do. See it’s not, AAAH! like that. It’s… gasp. Because the breath’s driven out of your body.

Peter Jackson: He proceeded to sort of talk about some very clandestine part of World War II. He seemed to have expert knowledge of exactly the sort of noise that they make and so I just sort of didn’t push the subject any further. I just said, well you obviously know what to do Christopher, so I’m sure you’ll do it great. And he did.