{"id":32873,"date":"2009-07-24T18:20:40","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T23:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=32873"},"modified":"2009-07-24T18:20:40","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T23:20:40","slug":"qa-sir-ian-mckellen-takes-on-the-prisoner%e2%80%99s-number-one-tormenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/07\/24\/32873-qa-sir-ian-mckellen-takes-on-the-prisoner%e2%80%99s-number-one-tormenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A: Sir Ian McKellen Takes On The Prisoner\u2019s Number One Tormenter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ian<\/a>From his extensive Shakespearean roots to his knockout X-Men and Lord of the Rings roles as Magneto and Gandalf, Sir Ian McKellen boasts a prowess so refined that he\u2019s now playing a role, The Prisoner\u2019s power-hungry villain Number Two, previously inhabited by not one actor but 17. Yet McKellen insists this isn\u2019t your grandmother\u2019s Number Two. \u201cThere\u2019s no point in wondering how am I going to measure up to the other Number Twos, because it\u2019s just a different script altogether,\u201d the soft-spoken knight explained to Wired.com after addressing an auditorium of TV reporters at Hollywood\u2019s Universal Hilton earlier this year. \u201cMy man is called Number Two, because the character was originally called Number Two. But he is Number One.\u201d More..<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From his extensive Shakespearean roots to his knockout X-Men and Lord of the Rings roles as Magneto and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[49,87],"tags":[815],"class_list":["post-32873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mckellen","category-events-television","tag-the-prisoner"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t