Five Minutes With: Sir Ian McKellen

In a series for the BBC News website, Celebrities and news-makers are grilled by Matthew Stadlen in precisely five minutes.

[@denisehay8895]

I love Sir Ian. I saw him perform King Lear live, many years ago in a London theatre, I forget which one. It was the best theatre experience of my life. He threw all his clothes off and just stood there. Astonishing! And there he is saying he hasn't 'cracked it' yet!

[@RealTreyOlds]

Sir Ian I love him one of my favorites

[@martinlukac759]

It must take guts to sit there and be hit by so many point blank questions.

[@richardkell4888]

How the heck Sir Ian put up with this numskull I do not know ...

[@kipperrepublic3568]

Now you are aware I’m not a wizard 🧙‍♂️

[@omegaman6494]

How does Ian McKellen act so well?

[@stumack9755]

cuz he wears a jockstrap.

[@TranscendentLion]

What he does is pretend to be the characters he's portraying.

[@marxmith]

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