The man is more than willing to give one last go as Gandalf, WB just needs to hop to it while he's still alive.
It’s only been about a month since Warner Bros . revealed it was working on a new Lord of the Rings movie. With Andy Serkis in the director’s chair and mocap suit, the studio’s fully set to get the Hunt for Gollum prequel film in theaters by 2026, and that’s naturally got people talking about if any actors from the original movies—and for whom it makes sense—could pop up here in their original role.
McKellen turned 85 at the end of May, and his Times interview opens with him saying “you are aware that this life doesn’t go on for ever. By the time the original Rings trilogy was filming, he was in his early-to-mid 60s, and he ended the Hobbit trilogy in his mid 70s. He continues to get a healthy amount of work across stage and screen, but he was also candid about being more selective in what parts he goes for nowadays. “When a script comes through, you think, ‘This might be my last job. No.
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