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The seismic wave felt from the West Coast is no cause for alarm, folks.
It was only me.
And a DVD.
Of Ian McKellen when he was 37.
OhmySTARS that man is lovely! And spine-tingly fucktalented
as an actor. (Which we knew, right? Everyone knows, right? They don't
call him “the greatest Shakespearian actor alive in the world today” because
he pays them off or sexes them up or sump'thin!)
*blinks*
Okay, disregard that ‘sexes them up’ part. He's prolly guilty!
"Macbeth" done in 1976 and directed by Trevor Nunn. Dame Judy Dench is in it,
too. As well as Ian McDiarmant (spelling?) who's currently Star Wars'
emperor Palpatine. (O Lordee, he’s got a fun spot in this film, too!)
From an interview:
The pair (Trevor Nunn - Director of Macbeth, and Ian McKellen) remained
friends, but would not work together again until 1976, when McKellen
joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford, where Nunn was artistic director.
By then McKellen had already been hailed as `the new Olivier’ (a grail
which at the time was being sought in the theatre world with the same
avidity as the pop world was seeking the ‘new Beatles') But he (Ian) singles
out Nunn's production of Macbeth, in which he appeared with Judi Dench, as
probably the most satisfying moment of his theatrical career.
`Something very extraordinary happened,' remembers Nunn. ‘Ian had already got
a reputation as a great actor, the one who was going to inherit the mantle, and
I think he fully realised that all eyes would be upon him. And he was terrifying,
yes, but somebody in whom everybody could invest their belief and sympathy in
that impossible role of a man who by the end is a psychopathic killer. But you
stayed with him; you absolutely knew how he'd got there.'
http://lilithlotr.ejwsites.net/articles/TelegraphMag12-06-03/index.htm
Macbeth is the story of a man going insane after committing
a crime to gain the throne--and Ian's performance is chilling, daring,
unable-to-be-looked-away-from. He makes you back away from the screen
as you want him deconstruct emotionally and mentally because of what
he's done. A mezmorising performance!
Judy Dench, five years older than Ian, is the strongest, most
compelling "Lady Macbeth" I've ever seen. They both serve performances
that are riviting.
Did I mention Ian is gorgeous? Harrumph-errr-and they strip off his shirt a few
times and his long back is so lovely. Just---Yeah. Like that. Like I like all
my men: Viggo, Orlando ... long lean lithe... with those elegant fingers that
all of them have... And all of them have those cheekbones; Viggo and Ian have those
cleft chins....hummmm, hoooom, harruph-errr-hummmm....
Yes, I'm aware that I'm babbling again. No, there isn't a cure for it.
Yes, others more determined than you have searched for a cure.
There is NO CURE FOR A RANDOM BABBLE!
*muah-ha-ha-hah*
Um.
Yes, the film was amazing. Shakespeare is amazing, and made even more so by an
adept cast. And damn Ian has that remarkable voice of his coming
out of this young face and it just damn knocks you on your ass and you stare
goggled at the damn screen with lightning running up and down your back muttering,
“Da-aa-mn!” to yourself!
*peers through her fingers*
Must ... get ... in ... control.
Photos?
Some Polaroid shots checking Ian’s makeup and fake blood:
Blindfolding him, shirtless, for one scene. *Random's brain melts*
I can think of twenty-six thousand, two hundred thirty-five things I'd like to do
with him 1/2 naked and blindfolded like this...
More fun from a magazine interview:
On Gandalf:
Surprising as the choice of Ian McKellen might have been for the role, it is now
almost impossible to imagine that anybody else could ever have been Gandalf. He is
a surprisingly large man; big-boned, broad-shouldered and with enormous hands -
"like a big old farmer," as (former lover of 9 years) Sean Mathias puts it fondly.
Yet, even shorn of beard and flowing white hair, McKellen seems almost to float across
the noisy west London restaurant where we (the interviewer) have arranged to meet,
all sweetness, light and twinkling beneficence. (!THUD ~ Random)
“It's very heartening that young people look up to Gandalf as one of their role
models and friends through life. I'm on their side, because I'm a fan of Gandalf
as well.” McKellen says.
It also, I (interviewer) suggest, carries a certain responsibility for McKellen himself.
Noblesse oblige.
He nods in mock grativas. "I'm up to it..." Then he pauses. "What do you mean,
responsibility? I have to behave, you mean?"
His website, which McKellen runs himself, receives more than 20 million hits a month,
but when a new stage shows opens with him in it, that number doubles.
http://lilithlotr.ejwsites.net/articles/TelegraphMag12-06-03/index.htm
~end of misc quotes~
Before you ask, no, I don't ding his website 200 times a day just to run his numbers up!
Honestly--you people think I'm obsessed? (Takes McKellen.com
out of favorites file)
Did I mention that he's a dish? Crikey!
Go. *pokes with sharpened stick* Get thy mitts on this DVD and watch him. (It's available
at blockbuster.com and you can ask for it and they'll try to get it for you.) Watch
him just to hear his voice at 37. Watch him just to see why he's dubbed the
greatest Shakespearian actor alive in the world today. He's sixty-seven this May, you
know. With every death of an older actor, I think of this. Not to be morbid, but to
remind myself (and you) to enjoy him while we have him.
*waves pointy stick some more* Don’t make me USE this!
Those ‘big old farmer hands’ smoking… (Did I mention he’s smoking?)
(I will be GRATEFUL when I am less obsessed and quit plaguing you-all…)
It was only me.
And a DVD.
Of Ian McKellen when he was 37.
OhmySTARS that man is lovely! And spine-tingly fucktalented
as an actor. (Which we knew, right? Everyone knows, right? They don't
call him “the greatest Shakespearian actor alive in the world today” because
he pays them off or sexes them up or sump'thin!)
*blinks*
Okay, disregard that ‘sexes them up’ part. He's prolly guilty!
"Macbeth" done in 1976 and directed by Trevor Nunn. Dame Judy Dench is in it,
too. As well as Ian McDiarmant (spelling?) who's currently Star Wars'
emperor Palpatine. (O Lordee, he’s got a fun spot in this film, too!)
From an interview:
The pair (Trevor Nunn - Director of Macbeth, and Ian McKellen) remained
friends, but would not work together again until 1976, when McKellen
joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford, where Nunn was artistic director.
By then McKellen had already been hailed as `the new Olivier’ (a grail
which at the time was being sought in the theatre world with the same
avidity as the pop world was seeking the ‘new Beatles') But he (Ian) singles
out Nunn's production of Macbeth, in which he appeared with Judi Dench, as
probably the most satisfying moment of his theatrical career.
`Something very extraordinary happened,' remembers Nunn. ‘Ian had already got
a reputation as a great actor, the one who was going to inherit the mantle, and
I think he fully realised that all eyes would be upon him. And he was terrifying,
yes, but somebody in whom everybody could invest their belief and sympathy in
that impossible role of a man who by the end is a psychopathic killer. But you
stayed with him; you absolutely knew how he'd got there.'
http://lilithlotr.ejwsites.net/articles/TelegraphMag12-06-03/index.htm
Macbeth is the story of a man going insane after committing
a crime to gain the throne--and Ian's performance is chilling, daring,
unable-to-be-looked-away-from. He makes you back away from the screen
as you want him deconstruct emotionally and mentally because of what
he's done. A mezmorising performance!
Judy Dench, five years older than Ian, is the strongest, most
compelling "Lady Macbeth" I've ever seen. They both serve performances
that are riviting.
Did I mention Ian is gorgeous? Harrumph-errr-and they strip off his shirt a few
times and his long back is so lovely. Just---Yeah. Like that. Like I like all
my men: Viggo, Orlando ... long lean lithe... with those elegant fingers that
all of them have... And all of them have those cheekbones; Viggo and Ian have those
cleft chins....hummmm, hoooom, harruph-errr-hummmm....
Yes, I'm aware that I'm babbling again. No, there isn't a cure for it.
Yes, others more determined than you have searched for a cure.
There is NO CURE FOR A RANDOM BABBLE!
*muah-ha-ha-hah*
Um.
Yes, the film was amazing. Shakespeare is amazing, and made even more so by an
adept cast. And damn Ian has that remarkable voice of his coming
out of this young face and it just damn knocks you on your ass and you stare
goggled at the damn screen with lightning running up and down your back muttering,
“Da-aa-mn!” to yourself!
*peers through her fingers*
Must ... get ... in ... control.
Photos?
Some Polaroid shots checking Ian’s makeup and fake blood:
Blindfolding him, shirtless, for one scene. *Random's brain melts*
I can think of twenty-six thousand, two hundred thirty-five things I'd like to do
with him 1/2 naked and blindfolded like this...
More fun from a magazine interview:
On Gandalf:
Surprising as the choice of Ian McKellen might have been for the role, it is now
almost impossible to imagine that anybody else could ever have been Gandalf. He is
a surprisingly large man; big-boned, broad-shouldered and with enormous hands -
"like a big old farmer," as (former lover of 9 years) Sean Mathias puts it fondly.
Yet, even shorn of beard and flowing white hair, McKellen seems almost to float across
the noisy west London restaurant where we (the interviewer) have arranged to meet,
all sweetness, light and twinkling beneficence. (!THUD ~ Random)
“It's very heartening that young people look up to Gandalf as one of their role
models and friends through life. I'm on their side, because I'm a fan of Gandalf
as well.” McKellen says.
It also, I (interviewer) suggest, carries a certain responsibility for McKellen himself.
Noblesse oblige.
He nods in mock grativas. "I'm up to it..." Then he pauses. "What do you mean,
responsibility? I have to behave, you mean?"
His website, which McKellen runs himself, receives more than 20 million hits a month,
but when a new stage shows opens with him in it, that number doubles.
http://lilithlotr.ejwsites.net/articles/TelegraphMag12-06-03/index.htm
~end of misc quotes~
Before you ask, no, I don't ding his website 200 times a day just to run his numbers up!
Honestly--you people think I'm obsessed? (Takes McKellen.com
out of favorites file)
Did I mention that he's a dish? Crikey!
Go. *pokes with sharpened stick* Get thy mitts on this DVD and watch him. (It's available
at blockbuster.com and you can ask for it and they'll try to get it for you.) Watch
him just to hear his voice at 37. Watch him just to see why he's dubbed the
greatest Shakespearian actor alive in the world today. He's sixty-seven this May, you
know. With every death of an older actor, I think of this. Not to be morbid, but to
remind myself (and you) to enjoy him while we have him.
*waves pointy stick some more* Don’t make me USE this!
Those ‘big old farmer hands’ smoking… (Did I mention he’s smoking?)
(I will be GRATEFUL when I am less obsessed and quit plaguing you-all…)