Talented actor Ian McKellen has been a high-profile mpaigner for gay rights sce he me out, at 49, durg a BBC rad terview.
Contents:
- IS GANDALF, FROM 'THE HOBB' GAY?
- IS GANDALF GAY? 'HOBB' STAR IAN MCKELLAN DE-SPELLS THE RUMORS
- IS GANDALF GAY? EXPLORG THE WIZARD’S SEXUALY
- SIR IAN MCKELLEN: 'COMG OUT AS GAY WAS THE BT THG I EVER DID'
- GANDALF THE GAY? IT’S POSSIBLE, SAYS MCKELLEN
IS GANDALF, FROM 'THE HOBB' GAY?
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IS GANDALF GAY? 'HOBB' STAR IAN MCKELLAN DE-SPELLS THE RUMORS
Meanwhile, openly gay poet WH Aun, once said: “No fictn I have read the last five years has given me more joy. ‘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.
IS GANDALF GAY? EXPLORG THE WIZARD’S SEXUALY
“Now there are two gay dwarfs. There’s a gay elf.
There are six openly gay actors. Who’s to say that Gandalf isn’t gay anyway? 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.
SIR IAN MCKELLEN: 'COMG OUT AS GAY WAS THE BT THG I EVER DID'
But is Gandalf gay?
GANDALF THE GAY? IT’S POSSIBLE, SAYS MCKELLEN
Based on the books alone, people n safely assume that Gandalf is not gay.
However, ’s also possible that Tolkien simply left out any sexual implitns sce was emed appropriate, pecially homosexualy, which was still illegal the U.
The actor prefers to keep the qutn open-end and even stated an terview, “Who’s to say Gandalf isn’t gay? ” It’s important to note that McKellen himself intifi as gay and has been out sce 1988. No, Gandalf is not gay, but he may be nsired asexual.