Recently, it was revealed that two British veteran drama bones Ian McLean and Helen Mirren will participate in the thriller "The Good Liar", in which Ian McLean plays a professional liar who loves "prey", which makes fans look forward to it.
Ian McLean won the Golden Bear Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival, and his most well-known role is Gandalf of the "Lord of the Rings" series, he played the tough and kind white-robed wizard to the point of insurmountable, and finally won the nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 74th Academy Awards for this film, you know, magic movies have never been very popular with Oscars, and this nomination is undoubtedly a great affirmation of the performance of the old man.
Another classic character is the supervillain Magneto in the X-Men series, as the powerful leader of the extreme mutants, Magneto is sinister and cunning, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals, which is obviously very different from Ian McLean's personality, and this huge character tension gives the old man a huge space to play.
In fact, Ian's excellent work is far more than these two, in 1998, he collaborated with Brian Singer to play a Nazi officer who committed many crimes during World War II. It was this collaboration that led to the role of Magneto in X-Men, and later, director Peter Jackson invited Ian to star in the Lord of the Rings series, making him the most respected wizard on the screen.
In the movie "Mr. Sherlock Holmes", Ian played an old version of Sherlock Holmes, which is different from other Sherlock Holmes films that focus on suspense and reasoning, but focuses on the celebrity's mental journey into the twilight years, Ian interprets Holmes's aging very vividly, although he has walked off the altar, he is still a charming gentleman.
Many fans may not know that Ian, who has made achievements in the field of film, has been "climbing and rolling" on the theatrical stage for many years, and it is by relying on a performance of "Henry V" that he was admitted to Cambridge University to study English language and literature, and it is precisely because he is busy with performances and has no time to take care of his studies, Ian was ordered to drop out of school two years later.
His performances in Shakespeare are exquisite, and his outstanding performances in modern works have also won him more than 30 awards in Europe and the United States, and the accumulation of these theatrical performances will undoubtedly have an immeasurable effect on his future acting career.
Often playing legendary roles on the screen, the real-life Ian is also a legend, in 1991, he was knighted by the Queen of England, and then in 2008 he was awarded the "Honorary Man" title, since then, the old man has a nickname in the mouth of fans, that is, "Sir".
What fans are more talking about should be that the old man has spoken out for the gay community through various channels. In 1988, 49-year-old Ian McLee came out on a BBC radio show and has since become a gay activist.
In 2002, with "The First Part of the Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings Appeared", he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he brought a young male companion to the award ceremony, who sat side by side in front of him and held hands, which caused a lot of attention and heated discussion. As for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dubai Film Festival, Ian declined because Dubai's law prohibits homosexuality.
In 2013, he starred in the gay drama "Needy Ji Wife" with derek Jacobi, a long-time "good friend", and the two elderly people lived a sunset life of love and murder every day, cute and cute, while Freddie wore a furry cat costume and proposed to Stewart on one knee, which was romantic.
After the legal marriage of the same sex in the United States, the two also filmed a short video on the set to celebrate, wearing a rainbow hat and sprinkling flowers in their hands, which could not be more joyful!
Although he has been a long time old, Ian is still like a cute "old child", who does not change his temperament. A few years ago, China did publicity, the old man just arrived in Shanghai, he specially went to the famous "blind date corner" of People's Park to give himself a marriage advertisement: "Ian, 1 meter 8, 77 years old, graduated from Cambridge University, London has a house, still full of vitality." ”
It is said that when filming "The Hobbit", the old man felt desolate because he had to shoot alone in front of the green screen, and he couldn't help but cry, it was said that the microphone of the radio was not turned off at that time, so everyone could hear him muttering that "leaving home is not to do this, I want to go home", but thinking of being an actor to be dedicated, he had to comfort himself and maximize his acting skills.
Ian once said that the two things he was most proud of in his life, in addition to playing Gandalf, was to disclose his sexual orientation, to which he did not forget to joke: "I hope my epitaph writes like this: Here is Gandalf buried, he came out." ”