![Ian McKellen on Twitter: "#OTD, 10 January 2000, I began filming THE LORD OF THE RINGS. A couple weeks later I posted my first blog entry from New Zealand. https://t.co/VCGBuUSdmT https://t.co/oBYFHscjxg" / Ian McKellen on Twitter: "#OTD, 10 January 2000, I began filming THE LORD OF THE RINGS. A couple weeks later I posted my first blog entry from New Zealand. https://t.co/VCGBuUSdmT https://t.co/oBYFHscjxg" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTNEX01VAAAExIa.jpg)
Ian McKellen on Twitter: "#OTD, 10 January 2000, I began filming THE LORD OF THE RINGS. A couple weeks later I posted my first blog entry from New Zealand. https://t.co/VCGBuUSdmT https://t.co/oBYFHscjxg" /
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At one point during filming of THE HOBBIT, Sir Ian McKellen broke down crying due to the constant greenscreen stating, "This is not why I became an actor." : r/movies
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![Sir Ian McKellen in 2000 responding to the backlash against casting a gay activist like himself as Gandalf. : r/LOTR_on_Prime Sir Ian McKellen in 2000 responding to the backlash against casting a gay activist like himself as Gandalf. : r/LOTR_on_Prime](https://external-preview.redd.it/_AbIZtbyU8RdiqFg8tBh2XXkW8bmPQDIagyWOoaDycQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=5d851c2c884558dc0f92f699a44d04241e8a02b5)