Ian McKellen
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[edit] Introduction
Sir Ian McKellen is an actor most well known in fandom for appearing in The Lord of the Rings and the X-Men trilogy, as well as a series of other notable stage and screen performances, including an established repetoire of Shakespeare. He is also renowned for his movements in Gay Activism.
[edit] Starring in...
Below is a partial list of movies and television shows that Ian McKellen has been in.
- The Lord of the Rings as Gandalf
- X-Men Trilogy as Magneto
- Gods and Monsters as James Whale
- The Golden Compass as the voice of Iorek Byrinson
- The DaVinci Code as Sir Leigh Teabing
- The Scarlet Pimpernel as Chauvelin
Sir Ian has also tallied up an impressive number of Shakespeare performances, many of which are commited to screen, and which are all due to be broadcast in the UK on More4 over Christmas.
- Macbeth (with Dame Judi Dench) as Macbeth
- Othello as Iago
- Richard III (with Annette Benning) as Richard
- King Lear (with
Noteable TV apperances:
- Corronation Street in 2005 as Mel Hutchwright
- Thr Prisoner upcoming in 2009 as Number Two
Recent Stage performances:
- King Lear by William Shakespeare.
- The Seagul by Anton Chechkov
Upcoming:
- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.
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[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
- On May 6, 2002, the LiveJournal community mckellenfan was created. [1]
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[edit] Fan Fiction
On December 23, 2002, Ian McKellen said the following about Real Person Fic:
I am not well acquainted with slash but find nothing harmful in sharing fantasies about favourite characters or their interpreters. Within the context of such sites even Real Person stories seem unobjectionable as they are clearly fictional. - http://www.mckellen.com/epost/lotr/l021223.htm
The massive expansive growth of the Lord of the Rings real person fic started to wane by December of 2003. The community had its share of problems during this period, ones that those in traditional media fandoms would point to as reasons to discourage this type of fan fiction. This included a small percentage of the community thinking that the actors involved were really together and were sending their fans who were writing RPS secret messages, a fan working as a waitress giving Ian McKellen a sexually explicit story featuring him while Ian McKellen was eating lunch at a restaurant.
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