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For Ian McKellen, From Gandalf to Godot, It's All Great

Veteran stage and film actor Ian McKellen says children want to say hello to him in the street because he plays the wizard Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” movies, but he knows they know he's not the real thing. “They know you're not really Gandalf, but I know Gandalf, so they want to meet me,” McKellen, 75 and looking every bit the wizard he is on screen in “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” said after the world premiere on December 1. “It's rather...

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