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The Rings of Power's Stranger actor reveals exactly when he was told about the Gandalf reveal and whether he's reached out to Ian McKellen

Exclusive: Daniel Weyman explains what his and Ian McKellen's performances have in common

Total Film

Sir Ian Mckellen and Ellie Goulding among guests at The London Standard's star-studded launch party

Famous faces gathered to toast the new paper, which launched this week

Evening Standard

Dame Maggie Smith: Oscar-winning Harry Potter and Downton Abbey star dies, aged 89

Giant of stage and screen was one of Britain’s most successul stars

The Independent UK

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‘I filed my copy from Waterloo station loos’: the Guardian’s theatre critics assess The Critic

Ian McKellen plays a theatre reviewer in the 1930s in the new film adapted from Anthony Quinn’s novel Curtain Call – but how accurate is it?

The Guardian - UK

The Critic review – deliciously waspish Ian McKellen lifts 30s London murder mystery

A fine cast is squandered in this sour adaptation, scripted by Patrick Marber, of Anthony Quinn’s lively novel

The Guardian - UK

Will The Hunt for Gollum really be two movies? That’s got to be a stretch

If Ian McKellen is right, a double feature Lord of the Rings movie based on a story gleaned from Tolkien’s appendices seems overly thin, even with an AI Orlando Bloom

The Guardian - UK

The Critic review: Ian McKellen is too good for this overstuffed theatre critic drama

Gemma Arterton and Lesley Manville co-star in a film that fails to truly grapple with any of the interesting themes floating around Patrick Marber’s screenplay

The Independent UK

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Sir Ian McKellen says he 'won't return to the stage for a year' following fall

The veteran actor says aside from his physical injury, he has been left with a ‘mental disturbance’ because ‘I thought it was much more serious at the time than it was’

Evening Standard

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh's surprise London Fashion Week moment as S.S. Daley wins Queen Elizabeth II award

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh stepped out to award S.S Daley the Queen Elizabeth II award for fashion design

Evening Standard

The Critic review – Ian McKellen’s poison pen sharpens 30s society cosy-crime drama

As a jaundiced reviewer with a dangerous private life, McKellen brings glorious life to this story of sour toffs in a dishonest decade

The Guardian - UK

12 Years Later, Lord of the Rings Is Repeating Its Worst Movie Mistake

'The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum' could be split into two films, foiling the franchise's return with another bloated mess.

Inverse

Gandalf actor Ian McKellen says the Lord of the Rings: Gollum movie script is coming "in the new year" and he'll "judge" whether to return then

The Hunt for Gollum is coming

Total Film

Sir Ian McKellen Says He's "Most Definitely" on Prince Harry's Side When It Comes to the Royal Feud

And he called the Queen out for being rude when he met her in 2008.

Marie Claire

Sir Ian McKellen says he would have rejected knighthood if he was ‘man of adamant principle’

‘Lord of the Rings’ actor said he considered turning down royal honour

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The Independent UK

Sir Ian McKellen says ‘he’s most definitely on Prince Harry’s side’ as he reveals late Queen was ‘rude to me’

The Lord Of The Rings actor said he thinks the late Queen was ‘quite mad at the end’

The Independent UK

Ian McKellen wants to take Shakespeare play to Southport and Sunderland following race riots

‘Come on, I believe in you, Southport,’ said the veteran actor in response to August’s race riots

Marie Claire

Surprising Facts About Hollywood's Biggest Stars

Think you know everything about your favorite celebs? You might just be surprised!

Total Film

Ian McKellen says he has no plans to retire anytime soon following Gandalf news: "I'm not letting anyone else put on the pointy hat and beard if I can help it"

Ian McKellen doesn't want to stop playing Gandalf

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The Independent UK

Q&A: Ian McKellen is his own harshest critic as he discusses his stage fall and new thriller

Ian McKellen is listening to his inner critic

Total Film

Gandalf returns! Ian McKellen says he’d been approached to return for new Lord of the Rings movie

Gandalf will appear in new Lord of the Rings movie The Hunt for Gollum

The Guardian - UK

Ian McKellen says he is fine but has ‘emotional residues’ after onstage fall

Actor, 85, says he is taking the rest of the year off after accident in June but plans to keep playing Gandalf

The Independent UK

Ian McKellen reveals he’ll return as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings movie – on one candid condition

‘They hope that I’ll be playing him,’ actor said

The Independent UK

Ian McKellen announces he is taking the rest of the year off from acting following onstage fall

‘When you get to my age you can’t always get up again,’ said Lord of the Rings actor

The Guardian - AU

Ian McKellen says fat suit saved him after ‘horrible’ stage fall

The 85-year-old actor, who fell from London stage in June, says he still has ‘agonising pains’ and avoids leaving the house

Evening Standard

'Fat suit saved me from serious injury in West End stage fall', says Sir Ian McKellen

The acclaimed stage star admitted he’s ‘nervous’ to leave the house following shocking accident mid-performance

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