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September 06, 2000 at 01:54:11

'As for others' concerns about the details of the screenplay and characterisation,' Sir Ian McKellen writes in response to a fan inquiry in his September 5, 2000 e-post on Peter Jackson's 'The Lord of the Rings', 'I take what is useful (call it 'research') and then plod on with my own interpretation, guided of course by the director and the other participants in front of and behind the camera.' And isn't that the best way to cope with the flood of opinion and 'research' which flows across the Internet?

One of the most revealing answers (and we won't spoil the rest of them for you) is where Sir Ian responds to the question "Q: Excluding yourself whom would you have picked to play Gandalf?"

"A: Mailers have expressed enthusiasm for Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins and Christopher Lee as likely Gandalfs. I would have picked Paul Scofield."





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