{"id":66518,"date":"2012-12-03T09:20:51","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T14:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=66518"},"modified":"2012-12-03T09:20:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T14:20:51","slug":"out-to-lunch-with-sir-ian-mckellen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/12\/03\/66518-out-to-lunch-with-sir-ian-mckellen\/","title":{"rendered":"Out to lunch with Sir Ian McKellen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/gandalf-ianmckellen-p.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/gandalf-ianmckellen-p-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey in The Hobbit Movies\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-46206 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/gandalf-ianmckellen-p-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/gandalf-ianmckellen-p.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a> Sir Ian McKellen, whose aeonian wizard, Gandalf, in the Tolkien movies has made him globally famous\u2014The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released this month\u2014met me for lunch at Lucques, the award-winning restaurant in West Hollywood, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>It so happens that his contemporary Sir Michael Gambon (the only other actor in theater who can stand with McKellen on equal terms with Sir Laurence Olivier) also plays a famous wizard, in Harry Potter. \u201cI often get mistaken for Dumbledore,\u201d McKellen mentioned amusingly. \u201cOne wizard is very much like another.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When the two met backstage recently, McKellen asked Gambon if he was ever mistaken for Gandalf. \u201cAll the time!\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s good,\u201d said McKellen. \u201cAnd what do you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh,\u201d Gambon told him, \u201cI just sign your name!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2012\/12\/sir-ian-mckellan-hobbit-on-coming-out\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Ian McKellen, whose aeonian wizard, Gandalf, in the Tolkien movies has made him globally famous\u2014The Hobbit: An&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":46206,"comment_status":"open","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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Out to lunch: Sir Ian McKellen 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