In 2002, his role as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring earned Ian McKellen a Oscar nomination for Best Actor plan ". Since then, the Briton has delighted the audience with the image of a kind wizard in two more films of the Lord of the Rings film series and in the Hobbit trilogy. On the air of the show Larry King Now McKellen admitted that he was ready to hang the magician's staff on a nail. “Looks like we're out of material for new films, the actor chuckled. -I always took great pleasure in going to New Zealand to shoot pictures about Middle-earth. I have the most pleasant memories of working on them. But I gave this role fifteen years ... I think it's time to say goodbye to Gandalf . ” The film adaptation of another famous work of John R.R. Tolkien, " The Silmarillion ," could allow the wizard to play again Ian , but the writer's son is not going to sell the rights to the film adaptation to Hollywood studios. Christopher Tolkien was disappointed with Peter Jackson's work on the The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, accusing the New Zealand filmmaker of turning his father's books into teenage entertainment. However, McKellen retains another iconic cinematic image. Patrick Stewart has already announced that Ian will return to his role as Magneto in X-Men: Apocalypse, but Fox has yet to confirm this information. In February next year, USA fans of McKellen will be able to see the actor on the screens in the film "Mr. Holmes". The Topic of Article: Gandalf is about to retire. |