" If we were to draw a graph of my process, of my method, it would be something like this: Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian, action, wizard "You shall not pass!", cut. Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian." - Ian McKellen
The first ‘grown up’ play I ever saw was as a 14 year old in Newcastle in 1977 and Ian McKellen was playing Romeo (he was 37 and too old for the part but God he was brilliant) The whole occasion was electric (Francesca Annis was Juliet and utterly beautiful)
This form of interview can still be found. Radio 4 in the UK, PBS and NPR in the USA. But mainly, podcasts have taken this over. Podcasts honestly have been the best thing to emerge in media and I am so glad. Long form interviews, radio dramas, comedy, documentaries.
So why doesn't he play Gandalph dressed in jogging gear or slacks and a polo shirt then? That argument about modern dress is very weak. The Victorians the Edwardians, the Georgians the Jacobeans.. all played in historical dress. Watching Romeo and Juliet, supposed to be set in 14thC Verona, but actually set in a modern pub or a disco or on roller skates is just as bad as the Victorian directorial conceits he sniffily dismissed. It's just that the lefties like him who control the arts dismiss the past and it's decorative splendour because it's not 'modern'.
"You have to have, on the whole, spent most of your life earning money at all at the best of the nation. Not galavanting off to holiday making loads of money and becoming very famous" - Magneto, 1992.
And in the United States we don't have them. In Europe, they do. Damn those filthy swine! Should we send the US military to Europe and save them? Wars fix everything, you know. That's why there's so much peace and stability around the world - because of wars. 😐
@@usernameinfo4therevenge Dear person with a randomly generated name - you really need to put some work into recognizing ironic and Swiftian comments. Trust me - you'll be a happier, less triggered person. 😸 Best wishes from Vermont 🍁
These long form articulate conversations are a lost art.
No they aren’t haha
Podcasts? All-in? JRE? Lex Fridman?
7 years on from this interview Ian goes on to play Gandalf. Brilliant!
A minor part on a great career. But you don´t know more. Typical...
And then Magneto in X-Men
" If we were to draw a graph of my process, of my method, it would be something like this: Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian, action, wizard "You shall not pass!", cut. Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian." - Ian McKellen
"How do I act so well? What I do is I... pretend... to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play."
The first ‘grown up’ play I ever saw was as a 14 year old in Newcastle in 1977 and Ian McKellen was playing Romeo (he was 37 and too old for the part but God he was brilliant) The whole occasion was electric (Francesca Annis was Juliet and utterly beautiful)
Oh what a magnetic personality this Ian guy has.
magnetic, huh ? See what you did there x)
“You needn’t call it me now… Ian. Mr. McKellan.” Even though he is a Sir. Brilliant.
Could you imagine Jimmy Fallon trying to pull this off?
Not in a million years.
No, I cannot!
This form of interview can still be found. Radio 4 in the UK, PBS and NPR in the USA. But mainly, podcasts have taken this over. Podcasts honestly have been the best thing to emerge in media and I am so glad. Long form interviews, radio dramas, comedy, documentaries.
I think Ian introduced me to Dickens on Television.
David Copperfield
TV Series 1966 25m
Yes. I was working already. Part time
6:10 it's an absolutely clever bit!
His version of Richard III is fantastic
Very deceptive click bait title.
1:28 LOOLL
So why doesn't he play Gandalph dressed in jogging gear or slacks and a polo shirt then?
That argument about modern dress is very weak. The Victorians the Edwardians, the Georgians the Jacobeans.. all played in historical dress. Watching Romeo and Juliet, supposed to be set in 14thC Verona, but actually set in a modern pub or a disco or on roller skates is just as bad as the Victorian directorial conceits he sniffily dismissed. It's just that the lefties like him who control the arts dismiss the past and it's decorative splendour because it's not 'modern'.
"You have to have, on the whole, spent most of your life earning money at all at the best of the nation. Not galavanting off to holiday making loads of money and becoming very famous" - Magneto, 1992.
/Gandalf ;p
...at the behest of the nation. Not gallavanting off to Hollywood...
We had a war to get rid of titles! 🙂
And in the United States we don't have them. In Europe, they do. Damn those filthy swine!
Should we send the US military to Europe and save them?
Wars fix everything, you know. That's why there's so much peace and stability around the world - because of wars. 😐
@@usernameinfo4therevenge Dear person with a randomly generated name - you really need to put some work into recognizing ironic and Swiftian comments. Trust me - you'll be a happier, less triggered person. 😸
Best wishes from Vermont 🍁
Symbol removed. Reality of an aristocracy remained the same.