Sir Ian McKellen, who plays Gandalf the Grey "The Hobb: Dolatn of Smg," discs whether the wizard may or may not be gay, this excerpt om a
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- IS GANDALF GAY? 'HOBB' STAR IAN MCKELLAN DE-SPELLS THE RUMORS
- IS GANDALF, FROM 'THE HOBB' GAY?
- SIR IAN MCKELLEN: 'COMG OUT AS GAY WAS THE BT THG I EVER DID'
- IS GANDALF GAY? EXPLORG THE WIZARD’S SEXUALY
- 15 JANUARY 2000 | "A GAY GANDALF"
- GANDALF THE GAY? IT’S POSSIBLE, SAYS MCKELLEN
IS GANDALF GAY? 'HOBB' STAR IAN MCKELLAN DE-SPELLS THE RUMORS
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IS GANDALF, FROM 'THE HOBB' GAY?
‘Who’s to say Gandalf isn’t gay? When McKellen filmed the movi he was the only openly gay st member – but over the past two s more of the actors have e out cludg The Hobb stars Lee Pace (Elven Kg Thranduil) and Le Evans (Bard the Bowman).
In an terview wh The Tim he said: “When I beme Gandalf, I thk I was the only gay member of the st. “Now there are two gay dwarfs.
There’s a gay elf.
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: 'COMG OUT AS GAY WAS THE BT THG I EVER DID'
There are six openly gay actors. Who’s to say that Gandalf isn’t gay anyway?
IS GANDALF GAY? EXPLORG THE WIZARD’S SEXUALY
There was also the hugely popular LiveJournal satiril fanfictn The Very Secret Diari om 2001-2003 which clud several gay relatnships.? Although is not yet clear how much LGBTQ+ reprentatn the new seri will have, if any, early reviews dite elf Elrond, played by Robert Aramayo, may be gay.
15 JANUARY 2000 | "A GAY GANDALF"
'Comg out as gay was the bt thg I ever did': Gandalf star and theatre legend Ian McKellen on his bravt cisn By Bob Flynn The rich, ronant voice fills the room, flowg like vtage we om a crystal nter. A lateer to the big screen, gay activist and natnal treasure, he first found mastream fame as the mutant villa Mago the X-Men films. ‘They’ve ma so many social advanc, wh women at the top ernment for a long time, and they got rid of their gay laws long before .
GANDALF THE GAY? IT’S POSSIBLE, SAYS MCKELLEN
’McKellen has been a high-profile mpaigner for gay rights sce he me out, at 49, durg a BBC rad terview. He was the vanguard of openly gay artists and November 1990, Margaret Thatcher remend him for a knighthood. ‘In the Fifti and Sixti, the life of a gay man was a secret.
Homosexualy was illegal, so you didn’t draw attentn to yourself. But g out is the bt thg I ever did and I’ve never met a gay person who didn’t thk the same. ‘Even now there are young actors who want reers as romantic leadg men and the bt thg is not to reveal you’re gay.