Charlie was a fan of Sellers, who was briefly considered for the role of Hudson in A Countess From Hong Kong. During an interview with Francis Wyndham in 1964, Charlie said he hated most American films but was enthusiastic about Dr. Strangelove and did "an hilarious impression of George C. Scott squirming in the war room." Charlie was also a fan of the film's director Stanley Kubrick. One of the last films Charlie ever saw was Kubrick's Barry Lyndon.