The actor confirms to EW that he modeled the wizard after the author of "The Lord of the Rings." Indeed it is! Listening to Tolkien’s voice both shaped McKellen’s depiction of Gandalf ...
Here’s how it works. When I was a little kid, I thought Gandalf and Dumbledore were the same person, meaning I didn’t just think the same actor played them, I thought they were the same wizard.
Back in February, it was reported McKellen had parted ways with partner Oscar Conlon-Morrey, a fellow actor who was fifty-something years his junior. At the time, an anonymous source said the split ...