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Ian McKellen: ‘Of course Gandalf would beat Dumbledore in a fight’

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Ian McKellen: ‘Of course Gandalf would beat Dumbledore in a fight’
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The actor on dealing with disruptive drinkers in his pub, what he’d ask Shakespeare, and being urged by Alec Guinness to withdraw from StonewallIn more than six decades of acting, what has changed the most? eamonmccMy first job, in 1961, was at the Belgrade theatre in Coventry, the first British civic theatre built after the second world war, with public funds and a subsequent Arts Council grant. My weekly wage was £8, enough to pay for my flat, which cost three guineas, and to eat well enough.

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