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Ian McKellen has 'no plans' to retire from acting
The 85-year-old also tells the BBC he hopes to play Gandalf in the new Lord of the Rings film.
BBC News
Gandalf is a protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He is a wizard, one of the Istari order, and the leader of the Fellowship of the Ring. Tolkien took the name "Gandalf" from the Old Norse "Catalogue of Dwarves" (Dvergatal) in the Völuspá.
The 85-year-old also tells the BBC he hopes to play Gandalf in the new Lord of the Rings film.
The 85-year-old also tells the BBC he hopes to play Gandalf in the new Lord of the Rings film.