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The project was announced in february 2002, but difficulties over the script and the selection of a director caused. On friday, the actor tweeted out a link to journal entries he wrote while filming the fanfavorite films. Ian mckellen s unearthed lord of the rings set diaries will take you there and back again the actor resurfaced his archives, and theyre pure gold. The white book covers postproduction and his last days as gandalf from 2002 to 2003. Ian mckellens unearthed lord of the rings set diaries are. Ian mckellen has 36 books on goodreads with 30229 ratings. The whole thing, separated into the grey book and the white book, after gandalfs transformations, is like this, with eloquent bits of actorly insight, as well as descriptions of the production. Ian mckellen posts fascinating lord of the rings diary entries. Gandalf lord of the rings the grey book ian mckellen. Widely regarded as one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native great britain and internationally, twice nominated for the oscar and recipient of every major theatrical award in the uk and us, ian murray mckellen. Ian mckellen is a revered, awardwinning british actor of stage and screen known for his starring roles in the lord of the rings and xmen films. Ian mckellen explains the difference between acting on.
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