Actors including Sean Connery, Jurassic Park’s Sam Neill and the actor’s X-Men co-star and real-life bestie Patrick Stewart were reportedly in the running for Gandalf. Though, I guess there could be a morsel of truth to his claims that he jumped the line due to the franchise’s filming location. It sounds like Ian McKellen’s sense of humor was very much intact because obviously we can not think of any other actor better suited for the role. 'Where the hell is that?' Well, more fool them. ![]() Concerning Hobbits is the very light Lord of the Rings melody first heard in The Fellowship of the Ring at the start of the franchise, and often in scenes of the Shire. I think because some of the actors who would have been offered it before me were rather put off by the idea of having to live in New Zealand for a year. Read more: ‘I write film music in a 19th-century world’ Howard Shore > Concerning Hobbits. I still don't quite know how Gandalf came my way. ![]() While speaking about having the opportunity to play Gandalf, he joked: Ian McKellen gained A-list Hollywood fame all at once when he was cast as X-Men villain Magneto in the early Fox/Marvel film and scored the role of Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s revered Lord of the Rings trilogy, and later reprised the latter role in the series’ prequels.
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