![]() ![]() Get over it!” With all due respect to the gay community, they don’t have to contend with nearly the same anxiety and helplessness as a Lord of the Rings blogger. Was the joke that McKellen has played multiple movie roles and that can be confusing? Or that he’s played two seemingly non-gay wizards while he is, in fact, gay?) But it would’ve been so much more poignant had somebody thought to Photoshop his shirt with the message “I may or may not be Gandalf again. Get over it!” The fake T-shirt was vaguely funny, assuming it made any sense. ![]() Get over it!” Somebody eventually figured out that the picture had been Photoshopped, and McKellen was actually wearing a shirt that read, “Some people are gay. Last September, McKellen caused a minor stir when photos of him at a London rally showed the actor wearing a T-shirt that read “ I’m Gandalf and Magneto. This is a man who famously went on a talk show in Singapore, a country with strict laws against homosexuality, and asked the host, “Can you recommend any decent gay bars?” But when it comes to his future as Middle Earth’s favorite wizard, he’s been downright cagey. As least with McKellen, there’s never been any mystery about the latter. For most of 2010, McKellen kept us guessing about his involvement in the Lord of the Rings prequel the way some actors keep us guessing about their sexuality. But for anybody who’s followed the Internet hand-wringing about the on-again-off-again production, it can feel presumptuous to assume anything until we actually see the opening credits roll. ![]() Along with recent reports that Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett,and the guy who plays Gollum are also Hobbit-ready, it would seem that the band, as they say, is really getting back together. Sir Ian McKellen made it official Tuesday, announcing on his Web site that he’ll playing Gandalf in the upcoming two-part movie adaptation of The Hobbit, which begins filming in New Zealand next month. If you’re the kind of person who gets obsessive about all things Tolkienian, it’s been a pretty big week. ![]()
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