25 May 2006
Court & Social
The London Times May 25, 2006
Birthdays
The actor Sir Ian McKellen is everywhere at the
moment. Those filmgoers to have ignored hostile critics and seen The Da
Vinci Code will also have noted the trailer for his next film, which
opens this week, The X-Men: The Last Stand. Like Olivier and Brando
last century, attaching McKellen's name to a project seems to ensure
advance funding for films. He is already booked to play King Lear at
Stratford next year, and he keeps his international fans up to date with
his hectic life through his website and a stream of notes and blogs. He
says: "Although a vegetarian, a New Labour Party supporter and a donor to
various charities, I prefer to restrict my public views to what I know
best: acting and [gay] activism." Sir Ian McKellen is 68 today. RGT
Spot the undeliberate mistake above and never believe what you read in
the papers - Ian McKellen |
