Sir Ian McKellen has said the last major professional achievement he would like to conquer is starring in a musical.
Speaking on this morning’s BBC Radio 4 Today program, the 82-year-old legend of British theater, who was promoting his new detective play Whodunnit (Unrehearsed), said he “doesn’t have much to prove anymore” but being in a musical is “one of the few areas left.”
Questioned on whether he can sing, McKellen said: “I can hold a tune but I’m not a proper singer,” before adding jokingly: “I’m available but incompetent.”
McKellen played Widow Twankey in the pantomime version of Aladdin at London’s Old Vic and starred as Gus in Tom Hooper’s Cats, an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End musical.
“I don’t feel I have much to prove in my career anymore so why not just do the things I enjoy doing,...
Speaking on this morning’s BBC Radio 4 Today program, the 82-year-old legend of British theater, who was promoting his new detective play Whodunnit (Unrehearsed), said he “doesn’t have much to prove anymore” but being in a musical is “one of the few areas left.”
Questioned on whether he can sing, McKellen said: “I can hold a tune but I’m not a proper singer,” before adding jokingly: “I’m available but incompetent.”
McKellen played Widow Twankey in the pantomime version of Aladdin at London’s Old Vic and starred as Gus in Tom Hooper’s Cats, an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End musical.
“I don’t feel I have much to prove in my career anymore so why not just do the things I enjoy doing,...
- 1/25/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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