#ian-mckellen — Public Fediverse posts
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Fit for a king: Ian McKellen to play Lear at newly rebuilt Yard theatre in east London https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/may/14/ian-mckellen-king-lear-yard-theatre-east-london #Theatre #IanMckellen #SimonStephens #Stage #Culture #UkNews #Hackney #KingLear #Film #Puppetry #JackieCollins #VirginiaWoolf #Architecture
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#IanMcKellen says 'Star Wars' icon told him to avoid #LGBTQ politics
The actor and LGBTQ rights advocate revealed in a new interview that fellow actor #AlecGuinness once "pleaded" with him to avoid discussing the political issue.
by Edward Segarra
May 11, 2026, 1:25 p.m. ET"Ian McKellen doesn't need anyone's permission to stand on his soapbox.
In an interview with The Guardian published May 7, the Oscar-nominated actor revealed that he was allegedly discouraged by fellow actor Alec Guinness from speaking out on #LGBTQRights."Guinness, who died in 2000, was an acclaimed British actor, best known among sci-fi fans for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original 'Star Wars' trilogy.
While discussing the 'worst piece of advice' he'd ever been given, McKellen recalled an alleged meeting he had with Guinness around the late '80s." 'He took me for an Italian lunch in Pimlico, where we chatted about this and that until he brought up the real reason for his invitation,' McKellen, 86, told the British outlet. 'He had heard about my work to establish #Stonewall – a lobby group to present to the government and the world at large the case for treating U.K. lesbians and gays equally under the law with the rest of the population.
" 'He thought it somewhat unseemly for an actor to dabble in public or political affairs and advised me, sort of pleaded with me, to withdraw. Advice from an older generation, which I didn't follow.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/TLa3k#UKPol #OutAndProud #LGBTHistoryMonth #PrideLondon #OxfordPride #GayGlos #FFLAG
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Ian McKellen Says Obi-Wan Kenobi Actor Alec Guinness Told Him to Stay Quiet on Gay Rights Because ‘It’s Unseemly for an Actor to Dabble in Political Affairs’
#Variety #News #AlecGuinness #IanMckellen #StarWarshttps://variety.com/2026/film/news/ian-mckellen-star-wars-alec-guinness-gay-rights-1236744417/
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Ian McKellen names ‘bisexual’ Hollywood legend who urged him not to campaign for gay rights
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Ian McKellen: ‘Of course Gandalf would beat Dumbledore in a fight’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/07/ian-mckellen-reader-interview #Film #Culture #IanMckellen #PatrickStewart #LordOfTheRings #DavidBowie #AlecGuinness
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Ian McKellen & Dr. Amy Lindsey:
🎵 The Strangers Should Be Removed w/ The Morning Show Themehttps://open.spotify.com/track/3dGDUdZfJ2sohgYKFKJ5FB
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1r22YroTqfHn6X0RvVg67f🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg -
Gandalf... in WHICH South American country did you say your summer home was in...?
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Gandalf... in WHICH South American country did you say your summer home was in...?
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Sir Ian McKellen reads Edwin Morgan’s “Instructions to an Actor” – in which Shakespeare gives instructions to the boy actor playing Hermione in THE WINTER’S TALE (recorded 1979)
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https://www.tumblr.com/catullus101/653524303372042242/ian-mckellen-reads-edwin-morgans-poem
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #EdwinMorgan #theatre #acting #IanMcKellen #Shakespeare #ShakespeareDay #TheWintersTale
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Post your questions for Ian McKellen https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/22/post-your-questions-for-ian-mckellen #Film #IanMckellen #StevenSoderbergh #Stage #LordOfTheRings #Culture
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Scissor Sisters: ‘We just arrived fully formed as gay men’
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Johnny Depp Goes Old and Gray as Scrooge in ‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol’ Comeback Role
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#TheLordOfTheRings : The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.Director #PeterJackson and Sir #IanMcKellen with notes.
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Film Review: THE CHRISTOPHERS (2025): Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel Shine in Steven Soderbergh's Best Film in Over 25 Years
#DanielFearn #EdSolomon #IanMcKellen #JamesCorden #JessicaGunning #LeFil #MichaelaCoel #MovieReview #Neon #StevenSoderbergh #TheChristophers