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By the last movie, it was Gandalf up there on the busses. And I said, 'Well, I might have been in a film I didn't know I'd made.' In Sir Ian McKellen and I’s defense, on the surface it’s easy ...
Gandalf is a character synonymous with the movie adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The legendary Sir Ian McKellen played the wizard, a role for which he ...
The Stranger on Prime Video’s “Rings of Power,” played by Daniel Weyman, finally revealed his identity– as some viewers guessed, he is indeed a younger version of Gandalf. Weyman told the ...
I dressed as Gandalf from ‘Lord of the Rings’ for a pub crawl — and you will never believe who I met By . Jack Hobbs. Published April 23, 2023. Updated April 23, 2023, 12:54 p.m. ET.
McKellen has addressed his one-time competitors in the past, always with a similarly flippant tone. “I still don’t quite know how Gandalf came my way,” he told GQ in 2021. “I think because ...
Acclaimed 85-year-old actor Ian McKellen says he'd play Gandalf in "The Hunt for Gollum" ... “I never thought he was particularly funny. But [director] Rob [Icke] has a honey tongue.
Is Gandalf in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'? What J.R.R. Tolkien and 'The Rings of Power' showrunners say about the Istari coming to Middle-earth in the Second Age.
Ian McKellen spoke about how he frequently gets mistaken for Michael Gambon, especially when they're playing Gandalf and Dumbledore, respectively.