Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actor Sir Ian McKellen has revealed he has taken on the role of Hamlet three times in his career as he discussed how unexpected it ...

Ian McKellen disagrees with several aspects of the film Hamnet, based on the 2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell, which concerns itself with the life of William Shakespeare. "I don't quite get it," ...

Hamnet may be about to win big at the Oscars, but Sir Ian McKellen won’t be voting for Chloé Zhao’s weepie to win Best Picture. The British actor, who became a member of the Academy in 1999 after ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The legendary actor dismissed the movie for improbability: “I don’t quite get it.” Ian McKellen, who has spent his career interpreting Shakespearean ...

Hamnet may be about to win big at the Oscars, but Sir Ian McKellen won't be voting for Chloe Zhao's weepie to win Best Picture. The British actor, who became a member of the Academy in 1999 after ...

Ian McKellen can speed through Richard III— no problem. He's also played King Learand the Danish prince. But Chloe Zhao's Hamnet, which imagines the creative origins of William Shakespeare's Hamlet?