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The Christophers Star Sir Ian McKellen ... Sir Ian McKellen. Fly, you fools! Yes, that's right, Ian McKellen — the legendary English actor who is Gandalf and Magneto, get over it — is our guest on this week's Empire Podcast.

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Sir Ian McKellen returning to London stage in first major theatre role since fall

London Evening Standard 14 May 2026

Lord of the Rings and Avengers star will appear in an adaptation of King Lear at a small theatre in Hackney Wick ... .

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Sir Ian McKellen in first major theatrical role since stage fall

AOL 14 May 2026

Sir Ian McKellen will take on his first major theatrical role since since his fall from the stage in 2024 ... Sir Ian will star in Lear, reimagined by Simon Stephens and Jay Miller, at the 220-seat Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick ... It’s happening ... .

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Sir Ian McKellen, 86, reveals if he regrets not having children as he insists biology ...

The Daily Mail 12 May 2026

The Lord of the Rings star, 86, famously came out as gay aged 48 during a BBC radio interview in 1998, and was one of the founding members of the inspirational LGBTQ+ rights charity, Stonewall ....

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Sir Ian McKellen Didn’t Stop Fighting for Gay Rights, Even When an Idol Urged Him To

Jezebel 12 May 2026

... this decades-old nugget of queer history, tackling the differing approaches to public life of two iconic, knighted actors—I’m talking the great Sir Ian McKellen and the late, great Sir Alec Guinness.

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Sir Ian McKellen leaves The One Show fans saying the same thing minutes in

The Mirror 11 May 2026

Acting heavyweights Sir Ian McKellen and Sandra Oh appeared on The One Show on Monday ... .

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Sir Ian McKellen reveals the one downside of returning to the Lord of The Rings universe

AOL 11 May 2026

Ian McKellen has revealed the one reason why is “not excited” to reprise his role as Gandalf.

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Sir Ian McKellen: ‘We’ve forgotten how to subsidise the arts’

London Evening Standard 07 May 2026

Sir Ian stars in The Christophers, a film about two siblings as they hire a forger to complete their father’s unfinished work ... .

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Sir Ian McKellen: There’s enough original art around for us not to need AI

London Evening Standard 21 Apr 2026

Sir Ian stars in The Christophers, a film about two siblings as they hire a forger to complete their father’s unfinished work ... .