Rather than an attack on critics generally, McKellen tells Entertainment Weekly that he wanted to empathize with Jimmy’s ...

Surprisingly, Weyman hasn't actually been holding this secret for years. In fact, he was only told about the Gandalf reveal ...

A particular flavor of Shakespeare adaptation that has proven quite popular is to keep his original dialogue intact but place it in a modern day setting, like Baz Lurhmann 's chaotic Romeo + Juliet or ...

Academy Award Nominee Sir Ian McKellen stars as a powerful London theater critic who lures a struggling actress into a ...

I have a small fascination with films in which actors play actors. Russell Crowe in The Exorcism is a recent example. Looking ...

Last night, the cast of Abigail’s Party at Colchester’s Mercury Theatre were treated to a special visit from Sir Ian McKellen, who met ...

Patrick Stewart revealed that his X-Men co-star, Ian McKellen, told him not to join the Star Trek franchise, something he ...

Speaking to GamesRadar+, the Gandalf actor (as we can now officially call him) says he hasn't yet reached out to Ian McKellen – but pinpoints what their performances have in common. "I haven't ...

As the powerful, pampered theatre critic Jimmy Erskine, Ian McKellen looks and sounds like a villain in a Disney fairy tale, with permanently narrowed eyes and a voice that goes from trilling ...

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