Ian McKellen
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I’ll be Falstaff in
@PlayerKingsPlay
a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s great history plays Henry IV 1 and 2, by award-winning writer and director Robert Icke. We’ll be in London’s West End for 12 weeks with previews in Wimbledon and Manchester. Visit
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I’ve never met a gay person who regretted coming out – including myself. Life at last begins to make sense, when you are open and honest. Today is the 30th anniversary of the BBC radio discussion when I publically said I was gay. So I’m celebrating!
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I feel very lucky to have had the vaccine. I would have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone.
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no comment
A vintage photo of the X-MEN cast where none of them are dressed like they're going to the same place.
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Despite the implication when you click the blue badge that has mysteriously re-appeared beside my name, I am not paying for the "honour".
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20 years ago, I arrived New Zealand to begin filming "The Lord of the Rings." I joined the cast on January 10, 2000. During that time, I kept a journal, which today would be called a blog Perhaps you'll enjoy reading about those heady times:
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Thanks Elliot for sharing your journey with the world. Yours is a voice that needs to be heard, to encourage and educate us all.
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The Women’s March in London was the longest I have been on. See the rest of my message attached.
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If I had a daughter, I’d hope she’d be like Elizabeth. A treat to be her Daddy!
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Here comes Balrog!
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Please note that I am not paying for the blue checkmark, which I've displayed for many years.
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#OTD
sixteen years ago, 19 December 2001, a film made in New Zealand was released in cinemas worldwide. Nobody knew if it would be a hit or a flop. "The Fellowship of the Ring" went on to reach millions of fans and remains one of the most beloved pictures of the 21st century.
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13 years ago today, December 17, 2003, "The Return of the King" opened in cinemas worldwide. I hope you enjoyed it!
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On September 4th 1961, I made my first entrance as a professional actor – on the stage of the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry UK. I was part of its resident company of actors. 60 years on, here I am in Windsor, one of the company at the Theatre Royal. So nothing much has changed.
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At 17,
@Jake_Daniels11
represents a generation that rejects old-fashioned homophobia in football and elsewhere: those who haven’t yet grown up as he has. He sets an example. No wonder so many of us, gay and everyone else, admire & treasure him as a hero. What a goal he's scored!
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It's hard to believe it’s been 20 years, but it's terribly exciting to see this the way it was meant to be seen: on the big screen, beginning April 13 in US. For best seats in your neighborhood, click here:
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I’m celebrating my 80th birthday next year by touring a new solo show to UK theatres I know well and a few that I don’t. I open at my local arts centre in January and end up by August in Orkney.
More at
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ALAN RICKMAN (1946-2016)
There is so much that is matchless to remember about Alan Rickman.
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#TBT
on a fine summer day in 1965. I posed outside
@ChichesterFT
where, 52 years later, I will be on stage as King Lear beginning Friday.
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I hadn’t long been up before I set off for yesterday’s matinee of King Lear. At the underground station I galloped up 45 steps to catch the train above. Once on it, I skipped along the carriage and my left leg gave way. A strained calf muscle was diagnosed ...
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I hope
@itsjojosiwa
puts aside any negative reaction to her coming-out, at a time when she deserves praise and empathy for taking control of her life in such a public way.
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#OTD
, 10 January 2000, I began filming THE LORD OF THE RINGS. A couple weeks later I posted my first blog entry from New Zealand.
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Once I slide into this first frock and spy Mother Goose’s ample figure in the mirror, I’m ready to go on her journey through the Show. Tour of UK & Ireland begins next week.
Photo by Frederic Aranda
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Tom, my indispensable dresser. Me, drying finger nails newly varnished in rainbow colours. Photo by Frederic Aranda
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Please beware there are fake Twitter accounts that pretend to be me and try to get you to follow them so they can exploit you through DM. There is only one Twitter for me. This is it, it has the blue badge, and it's the only Twitter account I use.
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1/4 As part of an extended podcast recently, I suggested that if closeted people were instead open about their sexuality they wouldn’t abuse others. That, of course, is wrong.
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Over 70 actors have previously played Sherlock Holmes. Now he's 93 years old and it's my turn.
#MrHolmes
http://t.co/B9HkUgfkCv
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I think this would be the most upsetting headline I’d ever read, if I weren’t gainfully employed elsewhere.
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King Lear again: 100 performances at Duke of York’s in London where I made my West End debut 1964. It’s a small theatre but we shall make it even more intimate by removing half the stalls seats. First performance is 11th July.
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Dress rehearsal accomplished, ready for HAMLET opening night, tomorrow!📸 Jack Merriman
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Happy New Year, everybody! And a grand new year it will be!
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Section 28 doesn’t exist in UK any more. Yet beyond this land, the stupid notion that sexuality can be “promoted” is enshrined in law elsewhere. So, the fight against ignorance and prejudice has to continue. Happy Pride!
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Every actor in
#LordOfTheRings
wore a wig and/or a prosthetic. Here is my wig and false beard in their glory – false nose and eyebrows too. The wrinkles and bags under my eyes were my own.
My original drawing of ‘Gandalf’ from
#LordOfTheRings
, originally done for Topps Trading Cards!
@IanMcKellen
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I agree with Sir Patrick
Dying people ‘should have the choice to die at home, on their own terms.’
A powerful message from our patron
@SirPatStew
Please sign and share our petition to ensure that assisted dying will be considered for debate in the House of Commons.
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Russell T Davies must be the most imaginative of writers for television. His latest series reveals that he cares for the audience as much as he loves his characters. He’ll make you sad but lift your heart.
#ItsASin
will entrance young viewers, whatever their sexuality.
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fun to re-visit Middle-earth, isn’t it?
I love showing Molly Lord of the Rings things she somehow hasn’t seen before...I just got to show her Eomer’s Bootcamp for the first time and she’s so happy
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First teaser poster for UK release of my upcoming film, 'Mr Holmes'. Sorry to be a tease, but I hope you like it.
http://t.co/d6Aod8wtVO
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Now playing in some places. Everywhere else, SOON! Meanwhile, Gandalf smokes and worries, as always.
@TheHobbitMovie
http://t.co/KWWyCfL3vi
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11 March marks the 61st anniversary of my decision to attempt a career as an actor, and I've not looked back since. I was in an amateur production of Shakespeare's "Henry IV" at Cambridge Arts Theatre. On stage with me were others who would pursue successful theatre careers
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Excited to make
@DisneyPictures
debut w/ director Bill Condon & cast including
@EmWatson
,
@TheRealLukevans
. Hoping all goes like clockwork!
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It was twenty years ago today, when there was still a working phone booth on Santa Monica Blvd and La Brea.
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Unlike other writers of his stature, there is no centre devoted to J.R.R. Tolkien anywhere in the world. Yet.
@ProjNorthmoor
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20 years ago today was the London première.
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First glimpse of live-action retelling of "Beauty and the Beast"🌹Coming to cinemas March 2017.
#BeOurGuest
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Wish me luck for tonight, would you?
The National Theatre is holding its first online pub quiz tonight from 7pm
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Ian McKellen once snuck out of a Buckingham Palace party with Judi Dench to go sit on the Queen's throne
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Sneak peek at Lumière and Cogsworth (Ewan McGregor and me) in Disney's live-action retelling of
#BeautyandTheBeast
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CONGRATULATIONS to the Republic on saying yes to same-gender marriage! Now what about Northern Ireland?
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I can talk like a pirate too.
Ahoy there me hearties
For
#TalkLikeAPirateDay
, feast yer eyes on
@IanMcKellen
as Captain Hook in Peter Pan, 1997. From the National Theatre Arrrrchive.
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Hurrah! now I can watch them again but in which order? Hobbit first. Tolkien wrote it first.
THE HOBBIT AND LOTR, all six on HBO Max now.
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Ian McKellen donates £40,000 to help UK theatre workers through pandemic
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I feel lucky to be working again, thanks to Bill Kenwright's inspiring optimism and Sean Mathias's invitation to re-examine Hamlet, 50 years on from my first go. So now we will meet again. Don't know when but do know where – Theatre Royal Windsor!
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20 years ago this month, as I began filming X-MEN, I started posting regular updates to my website. Before the term "blog" was around, I called it a journal, but in effect it's among the earliest blogs anywhere on the web. Enjoy!
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I'm now honorary Doctor of Letters at
#Cambridge
. My old college St Catharine's celebrated by flying the rainbow flag
http://t.co/dItAKTjumi
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To friends in Ireland. Vote YES on 22 May and make your country first ever to legalise marriage equality by popular vote.
#VoteWithUs
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#FBF
18 April 2000, near Paekakariki, New Zealand. On my way to train with Shadowfax, I learn a few lines for The Lord of the Rings.
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These damn Ents get everywhere
My neighbour pulled this tree a year ago and just left it on the sidewalk. It’s never been removed. For months I’ve seen all manner of grown ass adults walk up to the tree, see the tree, and turn around.
#gandalf
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@IanMcKellen
@StephenAtHome
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Thanks to Hugh and his adoring audience!
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I fell in with Andy Warhol when I was on Broadway in “Amadeus”. He liked to snap people when he first met them, so this was probably taken when I visited his Factory in Union Square: 1981
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Ian McKellen at 80: a lifetime on stage – in pictures
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As a participant in the outcome, it’s fascinating to read the daring off-screen preparations by Sir Peter and the intrepid producers of ‘Lord of the Rings’, 20 years ago.
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4/4 When it comes to abuse by people in positions of power, the correct response is clear. The accusers must be heard and the accused given the opportunity to clear their names. If the accusations prove credible, the abuser’s access to power should be removed.
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Have you met Cogsworth? The Beast's majordomo turned into an enchanted clock. More Monday, new trailer "Beauty and the Beast"
#BeOurGuest
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Every day can be
#TolkienReadingDay
The greatest adventure started with a book. Relive the journey on
#TolkienReadingDay
#LOTR
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Of all the anniversary pieces I’ve read, this one is the most authoritative. Takes me back.
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I'm not a politician, so I was surprised some weeks ago to receive a message that appeared to come from the Ukrainian Embassy in London, inviting me to participate in “a private discussion with President Zelensky.” Click image for more:
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