It’s solely been a couple of month since Warner Bros. revealed it was engaged on a brand new Lord of the Rings film. With Andy Serkis within the director’s chair and mocap swimsuit, the studio’s totally set to get the Hunt for Gollum prequel movie in theaters by 2026, and that’s naturally received folks speaking about if any actors from the unique motion pictures—and for whom it is smart—may pop up right here of their authentic position.
Throughout a current interview with the UK paper The Times, Sir Ian McKellen briefly touched on Gollum and his probabilities of coming again as beloved wizard Gandalf the White (née the Grey). He’s fairly conscious of the current “stirrings in Tolkein’s land,” and that his character’s meant to pop up within the movie. However whereas there’s there’s “no script, there isn’t a provide, [or] plan,” he’s greater than right down to do it…offered he’s truly nonetheless alive when Gollum truly goes into manufacturing.
McKellen turned 85 on the finish of Might, and his Occasions interview opens with him saying “you’re conscious that this life doesn’t go on for ever. By the point the unique 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 wholesome quantity of labor throughout stage and display screen, however he was additionally candid about being extra selective in what elements he goes for these days. “When a script [or offer] comes by means of, you suppose, ‘This is perhaps my final job. No. I’m not doing that.’”
Come subsequent month, McKellen will reprise his position as Magneto in Deadpool & Wolverine, the different huge movie position that he turned recognized for within the 2000s. The obvious thought of him attempting to decide on what’ll be his final position in both theatre or movie is truthfully endearing, and greater than a little bit candy that he hopes to carry issues full circle in some capability.
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