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Ian McKellen during The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The classically trained thesp was reduced to tears whilst filming Peter Jackson’s upcoming hobbit adapt. Nothing to do with his collogues though, more a lack of them. Frustrated by Jackson’s use of green screen to solve the height difference between Mckellen’s Gandalf and his dwarf co-stars, the actor began to cry. “This is not why I became an actor,” he sobbed, unaware his mic was still on and he could be heard by the whole studio.

Nov 27, 2012