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Ian McKellen has revealed that he still gets mistaken for the late Michael Gambon.The pair have often drawn similarities due to both playing wizards Gandalf and Dumbledore in the Lord Of The Rings and Harry Potter franchises.Gambon died last year aged 82 – though McKellen revealed on last weekend’s (February 9) The Graham Norton Show that despite this, fans have recently mixed the two up.Noting they are “often mistaken for each other”, the Gandalf actor recalled an incident from the previous week, explaining: “I was waiting for the Docklands Light Railway to take me back from the West End to home, and a voice behind me said, ‘Excuse me.’“I turned round, there are two young women in their 20s and one of them said, ‘Are you Michael Gambon?’ And I said, ‘Michael Gambon is dead.’ And she said, ‘Yes I know but are you Michael Gambon?’“I said, ‘Michael Gambon is dead!'” McKellen further recalled of his frustration. “That is an exit line, I swanned on through the DLR, and she followed.“And she was laughing and giggling with her pal, and I think what she was doing was she was texting her friend and saying, ‘I’ve just seen a ghost.'”During the interview, McKellen also shared one encounter he had with Gambon while he was still alive.“I said, ‘Do you ever get mistaken for me?'” he recalled.

Sir Ian McKellen and ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus have recorded another festive clip, this time celebrating their new ABBA socks.The duo have been recording Christmas knitting clips since 2021, where a silent video of the pair knitting sweaters went viral online. They returned with another video, this time promising to create some knitwear for the legendary Kylie Minogue.Now, McKellen and Ulvaeus have teamed up again to promote some ABBA-themed socks, which are sold as part of the ABBA Voyage.

TORONTO – About 20 minutes into “The Critic” it may occur to anyone paying attention that screenwriter and noted playwright and screenwriter Patrick Farber might not be a fan of the profession that is at the center of his new film. Then again, maybe we’re just taking it a bit personally.

viewed 3.5 million times — 22-year-old Ben Coyles can be seen chatting and holding hands with the 83-year-old actor while dressed as Gandalf the Grey before snapping a picture with the grinning star. McKellen is well known for portraying the iconic wizard in all three “Lord of the Rings” films as well as in the subsequent spinoff series ” The Hobbit.” The Post reached out to Coyles and McKellen for comment.

Ian McKellen while dressed as Gandalf on a pub crawl – check out the footage below.Ben Coyles, 22, was dressed as the Lord Of The Rings character for his birthday night out in Bristol on April 13, when he encountered the Gandalf actor in the street.A video of the moment was posted to TikTok by Coyles’ friend Scarlet Learmonth, which has since amassed over 3.5million views.Speaking to the Lancashire Telegraph, Felix Spencer, who was also on the pub crawl, explained how the meeting happened.SIR * Ian McKellen #bristol #birthdaygandalf #ianmckellen #sirianmckellen #gandalf ♬ Originalton – Suneysounds “We were on the penultimate pub on the pub crawl and, as we’re walking there, someone comes up behind me and asks if he’d like our Gandalf to meet the real Gandalf,” Spencer said. “I assumed it was someone just joking around but when I turn around to talk to him he gestures towards his friend.“It takes me a while to realise at first but then I see that it is in fact Ian McKellen.

The Whale as an obese gay man is nothing short of astounding. Though Fraser does not identify as gay, his performance is convincing and a marvel to watch.

X Men star and Hollywood veteran Ian McKellen recently opened up about his co-star Elliot Page coming out as transgender. For the unversed, Ian and Elliot have starred together in X-Men: The Last Stand, as Magneto and Kitty Pryde.

“It’s a very special day, I feel euphoric,” Sir Ian McKellen said after receiving the first of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at Queen Mary University Hospital in London, England, per the Evening Standard. With more than 1.65 million people dead from COVID-19, Sir Ian, 81, said it was everyone’s duty to get vaccinated and help stop the spread of the disease.

coronavirus pandemic.Put on by powerful producer Bill Kenwright, the age-defying Shakespeare show will begin performances at the Theatre Royal Windsor — steps from where Queen Elizabeth II is quarantined — on a date to be announced.“I feel lucky to be working again, thanks to Bill Kenwright’s inspiring optimism and [director] Sean Mathias’ invitation to re-examine ‘Hamlet,’ 50 years on from my first go,” McKellen said in a statement. “So now we will meet again.

Phillip Keene often celebrates Pride at the famed Los Angeles Pride parade. But with the COVID-19 pandemic everybody is doing their part to help flatten the curve by staying at home.

Sir Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler and Andy Serkis re-enacted key scenes from the Lord Of The Rings films as the cast reunited over Zoom.

Patrick Stewart is touched his friend Ian McKellen has turned down all offers to officiate weddings since marrying him and his wife Sunny Ozell.