McKellen talks Hobbit and Magneto

In an exclusive interview with Empire, they got to sit down with actor Ian McKellen and find out some answers to “The Hobbit” and “X-Men Origins: Magneto”. Here’s what he has to say on the “Lord of the Rings” prequel:

“The scripts for the two films will be delivered very soon,” he revealed. “Then they’ll be budgeted, and then they’ll be cast. And they’ll be going when they’ve always said they would be, which is next spring – March or April. Guillermo even told me at one point, ‘We’re going to film for 383 days.’ He’s got that artistic autism! Jackson’s the same; they’re very, very, very alike. They also very different, but they’ve so much in common. They both can’t stand Hollywood and have wonderful imaginations, and they’re both obsessed with gore and fantasy. Both of them laugh a great deal. Guillermo’s one of the most brilliant men I’ve ever met. His English vocabulary is way superior to mine!”

Then, when asked about “X-Men Origins: Magneto”…

“There’s meant to be a Magneto script floating around, but I’ve not read it, so I suspect it wouldn’t involve me,” he said. “I think it would be about the younger Magneto, and the most I could hope for would be to top and tail that. They can’t have someone whose face is as lined as mine any longer!”

Ian McKellen has a long list of films that he’s acted in, including the likes of all three “Lord of the Rings” films, the “X-Men” trilogy and has performed in numerous stage plays. If you want to read the rest of the article, just click here.