{"id":22152,"date":"1999-08-18T14:17:31","date_gmt":"1999-08-18T19:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/1999\/08\/18\/a-few-words-from-ian\/"},"modified":"1999-08-18T14:17:31","modified_gmt":"1999-08-18T19:17:31","slug":"a-few-words-from-ian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/1999\/08\/18\/22152-a-few-words-from-ian\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Words from Ian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meena, chatroom regular, sent these letters from Ian McKellen. They were sent to a friend of hers. Those who have doubts that those are actual responses from Ian, have no fear, that’s really him.<\/p>\n

dear gina rho<\/p>\n

belated thanks for yr sweet message. <\/p>\n

u can tell yr sister that i shall be gandalf after all<\/p>\n

best wishes
\n
ian mckellen<\/p>\n

2nd:<\/p>\n

a brief boring reply to yr questions. i don’t seem to have a favorite movie– too many anyway. No i haven’t missed playing a part i really wanted and i have never had ambitions about particular parts being more concerned with other things like the director, the rest of the cast, the schedule, etc.<\/p>\n

best wishes
\n
ian mckellen<\/p>\n

Great to hear he’s got a rapport with the fans! Keep sending<\/a> me things like this, good to hear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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