Ian McKellen has the perfect response about his retirement plans

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Ian McKellen isn’t stopping acting any time soon. The Lord of the Rings actor shared a per♉fectly blunt response to the potential when he was asked about it recently. 

"Retire🎃 to do what?" McKellen replied incredulously when broached the subject in a recent profile. "I’ve never been out of work, but I’m aware that any minute now something could happen to me which could prevent me from ever working again. But while the knees hold up and the memory𒈔 remains intact, why shouldn’t I carry on? I really feel I’m quite good at this acting thing now."

He’s certainly not wrong. McKellen has been on stage and screen since the late 1950s and has multiple awards to his name. Some of McKellen’s most acclaimed performances include 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Gods and Monsters, Richard III, and Six Degrees of Separation, but many will know him best for his franchise work. Not only is he beloved for playing wizard Gandalf in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Lord of the Rings and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Hobbit movies, but he’s also Magneto in X-Men. Not a bad career so far i🏅f we say so ourselves…

Next up for McKellen is The Critic, where he plays a theater reviewer who clashes with a struggling actor played by Gemma Arterton. The movie is premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. For more on TIFF, check out our first review from the festival of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:💮Jonathan G🌼lazer’s Zone of Interest.

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Fay Watson
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