tolkienianos:

aesfocus:

Remarkable Individuals → Sir Ian McKellen

Happy Birthday Sir Ian Mckellen! Hope it’s an awesome one ;)

theringmaker:

Sir Ian in the workshop! We offered him his own ring, and he stayed to watch it being resized and personalised for him. He even had a go with the hammer himself!

… so now Gandalf has his own ring!

moody-mary:

‘Breakfast’ talks to Sir Ian McKellen about The Hobbit movies.

“There’s some great performances in it and, you know, Martin Freeman is going to win everyone’s hearts as ‘The Hobbit.’”

I just don’t think they come any sweeter than Sir Ian, I honestly do not. 

meowmeowpurring:

Hot Rob! Cast, Crew & Industry Screening [X]

bakerstreetbabes:

This is the story of how we died. Well done sir. Well done.

loldemort:

The Hobbit cast & crew

followthemuse:

“I love the fastidious realism of everything he does. I believe everything he does. It’s brand new on every take. That sequence in episode 3 where he’s sniffing his fingers and noticing the disinfectant and every time he did it – I watched it in the rushes – I was thinking, ‘It’s like he’s genuinely noticed it every time’. It’s extraordinary.”
      - Steven Moffat on Martin Freeman

“He makes every take, and there may be many takes of any scene, makes every take different, not willfully, he just goes with it and feels it in the moment; this is why he always looks so fresh, presents the whole kaleidoscope in detail of the character and lets the director choose what he wants… It’s a very, very generous way of acting and takes enormous risks of course.”
      - Ian McKellen on Ian Holm

Caution: Gentlemen in action.

fuckyeahthehobbitmovie:

The Hobbits

Gandalf’s portrait hangs outside The Hobbit pub in Portswood, Southampton UK and has done for the last 20 years and more.  I haven’t been there but it’s clearly not a place to ill-treat hobbits, elves, dwarves and wizards, in any way.  So what’s the problem?  There hasn’t been one until recently.  Nor at Gandalf’s Night Club in  District Six CapeTown.  Nor at The Hungry Hobbit, “a sandwich bar based near the author’s childhood home,” according to The Guardian.  

In the past the Tolkien estate has forbidden any commercialisation of the works. So no Tolkien museums.  No Tolkien rides at Universal. No theme park. That doesn’t worry New Zealand overmuch.  The country itself has become the Middle-earth ride.   

But it worries Middle-earth Enterprises of Los Angeles. With no apparent explanation they are  insisting that The Hobbit pub stop trading under that name.   As if it were possible to control the way Tolkien and his characters have entered the culture. Did anyone try to ban “Gandalf for President” buttons?  I wear mine with pride.   

I am a part-landlord of a pub called The Grapes. So far no vintners’ group has objected. That would be silly of course. As is this unnecessary pettiness. More  Alice’s Wonderland than Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Harrumph.

I haven’t yet talked to Stephen Fry about his disapproval of this Hollywood bullying but I’m with him all the way. All the way to The Hobbit pub once filming is over in July. 

(Source: mckellen.com)

valeria2067:

sherlockstuff:

Martin Freeman with his counterpart | The Pirates! Band of Misfits Behind the Scenes

Martin Freeman plays with himself. That’s hot. An older, bearded man looks on and offers instructions/explanations. Don’t care, still hot.

Well, sometimes the older men - bearded or otherwise (or just not-at-the-moment) - speak from a place of experience and wisdom and have much to offer in this department. :)

fugaciousassemblage:

Ian McKellen in Auckland, New Zealand; a stop on the tour for King Lear.

Bilbo Baggins, I’m looking for someone to share in an adventure.

Way to think big, there, Gandalf. I’d be happy enough just to share the biscuits and jam I’m having for breakfast and take it from there.

“I think the point to be understood is that we’re all different. I’ve never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn’t go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, ‘This is the way you should act.’” - Ian McKellen

(Source: radleys)

cinematicpulse:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey // Martin Freeman & Ian McKellen

(Source: austeneyre)

That thing that undid me as fully and perfectly as ever undone I have been.

(Source: black-nata)