Will Ian McKellen's Gandalf return for The Lord of the Rings? ?

The Lord of the Rings is about to premiere, and from the looks of trailers and production, it's a big deal.

But many viewers are worried that the series won't be able to deliver the same impressive characters as the original trilogy, such as beloved Ian McKellen's Gandalf.

During an appearance on BBC2 last year, Ian McKellen was asked about a TV version of Lord of the Rings and said:

He said he would like to play Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings, but the studio has not called him. He speculated that Gandalf would not appear in the Lord of the Rings.

More recently, Lord of the Rings producer Lindsey Webber said in the latest issue of Total Film that the production team is "open to these roles", including Ian McKellen returning as Gandalf.

"Who would say no to Ian McKellen? No one on Earth would say no to Ian McKellen, "Webb said.

This may mean that if a future Lord of the Rings film features Gandalf, Ian McKellen could return.

Notably, in an interview on BBC2 in March, Ian McKellen spoke frankly about death:

"Death is a part of life, and I'm not afraid of it."

But some media outlets have linked the two topics, saying that Ian McKellen feels old and wants to play Gandalf one last time. That's not what Pops actually meant.

We're still waiting to see if the Lord of the Rings sequel will feature Gandalf. If so, we'll be excited to see Ian McKellen return!

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When it comes to Ian McKellen, most fans will think of Gandalf or Magneto, while some will probably think of an elderly Mr. Holmes. But in fact, much of Ian McKellen's career, which spanned half a century, was tied to Shakespeare. He has interpreted most of Shakespeare's works on stage and in film.

From his breakthrough performances in Henry V and Edward II at the Edinburgh Festival in 1969; To Trevor Nunn's brilliant collaboration with Judi Dench in the critically acclaimed 1976 film Macbeth, and his portrayal of Prospero in The Tempest at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Ian McKellen was born in Milltown, northern England, the son of a local civil engineer. Much of his early life was spent in Wigan, Yorkshire. Since he was born shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, the war affected him for a long time.

Ian's love of drama was encouraged and supported by his parents. When he was three years old, his parents took him to Manchester to see Peter Pan. When he was 7, he got a foldable wooden Victorian theater model for Christmas. His sister often took him to the little theatre in Wigan to see amateur actors performing Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Macbeth.

In secondary school, Ian began to take an active part in the school's amateur shows. Because of his rich performance experience, he was granted a scholarship to study English at St. Catherine's College after high school. But after two years, his scholarship was revoked because he had to perform in 21 plays and had no time for his studies. By this time, he had become somewhat famous and was beginning to receive attention from the press.

In this special screening of Richard III, McKellen not only plays Richard III, but also wrote the screenplay himself. He changed the setting of the story to the battlefield of World War II in the 1930s, which shows the timeless charm of Shakespeare's stories.

At once sinister and elegant, Sir McKellen's lame-hunched, menacing Richard deepens his role as the great schemer to an almost unfathomable level of complexity and is Shakespeare's finest performance.

Ian McKellen, who is best known around the world for his roles as Gandalf and Magneto, first played Magneto in X-Men in 2000 at the age of 61. He was cast as Gandalf the following year.

It all started with Bill Condon, who was nominated for an Oscar for best actor in Gods and Beasts. X-men director Bryan Singer and Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson both approached him to take on these two big roles, and he jumped at the chance after reading the script.

At the time, it was said that the filming of X-Men would delay the progress of Lord of the Rings, and Ian almost gave up playing Gandalf. But Lord of the Rings director Jackson decided that he was the Gandalf in his mind and waited for him by filming other people's scenes first.

In fact, before those two offers, he was offered a job on Mission: Impossible II. However, to his script to keep secret only his own part of the play, he felt unable to judge the quality of the whole play according to the incomplete script, so declined to perform.

As the Lord of the Rings trilogy gained popularity around the world, so did the image of Gandalf's white beard. However, a few years later, the release of the Harry Potter series, the big screen again appeared a white beard grandpa. Because of their similar temperament, it is often assumed that Ian McKellen also plays Grandpa Dumbledore. But that's not true at all, and it's a very interesting story.

First of all, there are two famous old British actors, Ian McKellen and John Hurt, who look so much alike that many people can't tell one from the other.

Then, the cast of the Harry Potter films did include Grandpa John Hurt, and when Grandpa John Hurt was introduced, it was said that he had acted in Harry Potter. Although, he is not playing Dumbledore, but can not resist the imagination of white beard.

But people are used to thinking of John Hurt as Ian McKellen, so they say Ian McKellen is in the Harry Potter series. At the same time, because of his vivid image of a bearded grandfather, he should also be a bearded grandfather in Harry Potter, which would have to be Dumbledore. So, out of nowhere, Ian McKellen was cast as Dumbledore.

If that's still confusing, reread. Speaking of grandparent actors, we have to mention Saruman, the original White wizard from the Lord of the Rings series. It is played by Christopher Lee, another veteran British actor, who as a young man was a special forces soldier in Egypt, hunted down Nazis, played a bunch of ghosts and monsters, and has released a rock album in his late 90s. The grandfather's legendary life was even more topical than that of Ian McKellen, who sadly passed away last year. We can talk more about that next time.

Let's get back to Old Gandalf. It's no secret that Ian McKellen is a gay man, having come out publicly in 1988. The Don once said that the two things he was most proud of in his life were playing Gandalf and coming out about his sexuality. "I hope my epitaph reads: Gandalf is buried here. He came out."

Ian McKellen also played an older Holmes in last year's Mr. Holmes. Instead of focusing on the highly intelligent mystery cases that other Sherlock Holmes films have focused on, the film focuses on the famous old man.

Most of the heroic stories about him in the movie are rumors. For example, he never smoked a pipe as people described, but he loved cigarettes. Every time he sees a movie about himself in the cinema, he can't help shaking his head. The old man's memory becomes confused, confused between books and reality, and in order to make sense of the past, he embarks on one last expedition.

In my opinion, Ian McKellen would be perfect for this role. The "struggle with the years" role mirrors his own life. "A couple of years ago I was wondering if I should start travelling and take a break - but I thought I might break my leg and not be able to act, so I decided to stick with it," Ian, who is now a young man, said.

Although in the movie Mr. Holmes, Ian McKellen's portrayal of aging is very vivid, the sound of heavy breathing, a few steps must be paused. The audience is constantly worried that the next moment he will fall down and never rise again.