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"The definitive biography of Sir Ian McKellen from an acclaimed biographer In 2001, Ian McKellen put on the robe and pointed hat of a wizard named Gandalf and won a place in the hearts of Tolkien fans worldwide. Though his role in the film adaptation of Lord of the Rings introduced him to a new...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Connor, Garry (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
McKellen, Ian.
Actors > Great Britain > Biography.
Actors.
Great Britain.
Actors > Biography.
Biography.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • The brown god
  • The clatter of clogs
  • Unfinished business
  • The mafia
  • Undeclared but hidden passion
  • Encounter with a giant
  • We can't match him
  • Jeunesse DorĂ©e in dour Edinburgh
  • Travels with my peers
  • Wolfitting down Hamlet
  • Actors seize power!
  • One step forward, two back
  • or one back, two forward?
  • The matching of equals
  • Enter Ganymede
  • Validation
  • The robot factory
  • Body and soul
  • The other strong yearning
  • Pay-off performance
  • Not so much in the cupboard but in the safe
  • Self-awakening to spirit
  • Who was Olivier's true heir?
  • Underneath all the tolerance
  • Shining a light through celluloid
  • New labour interlude
  • Hollywood god hubris
  • Your double goes before you
  • A footfall of memory interlude
  • Saturnalia time
  • Tergiversator
  • Double standards
  • The McKellen banterland
  • It's a mad, mad world, my masters
  • Small men locked in a big space
  • What do we do now we're happy? Vicious old queens
  • Corporate caretaking
  • Gandalf doesn't do weddings
  • neither does Lear
  • Finale.