Ian McKellen is listening to his inner critic.
Ian McKellen, poses for photographers upon arrival at the European Premiere of the The Critic, in London, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. “Emotionally, I feel guilty and ashamed, you know, quite irrational because it was an accident. And it could have happened to anybody,” he says.
Although he's not onstage, McKellen can be spotted at the theater in “The Critic,” a thriller set in the West End of 1930s London that's in cinemas Sept. 13. This time, he’s in the audience, as gay newspaper writer James Erskine, who can make or break a career with a wicked turn of phrase in an era when homosexuality is illegal.
Acting, particularly in the theater, is totally satisfying. And if I’m not doing it, like at the moment. I think, “Well, what is life all about?” 85 is a bit late to be asking that question, because I settled with the fact that life for me was acting a long, long time ago. And soMcKELLEN: I haven’t. I’ve been nervous about going out.
AP: I wanted to check in on “The Lord of the Rings,” because you said that you are still Gandalf’s physical representative on Earth. So with the
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