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Ian McKellen Is Open to Returning as Gandalf in New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movies, but Warns Filmmakers: ‘They Better Be Quick!’
Ian McKellen has said he is open to returning as Gandalf in the new 'Lord of the Rings' movies.
McKellen, who played the beloved grey pilgrim in the first three films as well as the subsequent “Hobbit” movies, has revealed there is already magic at work behind the scenes to bring him back. McKellen, who is 85 years old, recently suffered significant physical harm including a chipped vertebrae after falling during a stage performance of Shakespeare’s “Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2” in the U.K. The accident earlier this summer in London’s Noël Coward Theatre forced the actor to cut short his run as buffoonish kingly companion Falstaff, with only the fat suit he was wearing preventing him from being more seriously injured after he tripped on stage and fell into the audience.
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