{"id":104532,"date":"2017-12-20T14:54:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T19:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=104532"},"modified":"2017-12-20T14:59:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T19:59:28","slug":"the-possible-return-of-sir-ian-mckellen-as-gandalf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2017\/12\/20\/104532-the-possible-return-of-sir-ian-mckellen-as-gandalf\/","title":{"rendered":"The possible return of Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ian McKellen has weighed on the new Amazon Studios TV series based on “The Lord of the Rings”. In a recent interview with Graham Norton<\/a>, he said that he hasn’t been asked to reprise his role as Gandalf but is open to the idea!<\/p>\n

From the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n‘Lord of the Rings’: Could Ian McKellen Reprise Gandalf for Amazon?<\/strong>
\nDECEMBER 19, 2017 12:42pm PT by Lesley Goldberg<\/p>\n

The actor addresses a potential role with the streamer’s forthcoming TV series. Ian McKellen’s days playing Gandalf may not be over.<\/p>\n

As Amazon Studios plots a TV series based on Lord of the Rings<\/em>, the actor behind the 7,000-year-old character indicated in a new radio interview that he would be open to reprising his role from the Peter Jackson features.<\/p>\n

“I haven’t been asked,” McKellen told British host Graham Norton when asked whether he’d been approached for the role of Gandalf in the planned two-season Lord of the Rings<\/em> TV series.<\/p>\n

McKellen, who played the wizard in all three Lord of the Rings<\/em> features as well as prequel The Hobbit<\/em>, seemed surprised that another actor could embody the role and told Norton: “What do you mean, ‘Another Gandalf’?!’ And while McKellen, 78, has yet to be approached for a potential role in the Amazon drama, he joked that he isn’t too old to play the part of a 7,000-year-old wizard.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If the character of Gandalf were to appear in the new TV series, can anyone imagine another actor filling those grey robes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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