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Ian McShane: ‘When I was about to get it on with Richard Burton, he said I reminded him of Elizabeth’

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Keanu [Reeves, McShane’s John Wick co-star] is one of the most wonderful human beings I’ve ever met. I mean, I’ve been part of them, but they are funny things to watch because of the forced “Oh gosh, I’m so glad he won”, while seething inside with resentment and fury. When we got married on the Queen Mary, I said to my wife: “You realise I’ve got grounds for divorce because this minister keeps calling me ‘I-arn’.

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