McKellen recalls a private lunch where the original Obi-Wan actor tried to steer him away from Stonewall and LGBTQ+ activism.

Ian McKellen has heard plenty of advice in his career. One piece from a 'Star Wars' legend clearly did not stick. The actor ...

Ian McKellen famously came out as gay in a 1988 BBC radio interview and has remained a vocal supporter of LGBTQ+ rights over ...

A new play explores the tortured psyche of an actor long ashamed of his sexuality – and of his best-known role ...

Sir Ian McKellen is opening up about the worst piece of advice that he has ever received. The advice came The Sir Ian ...

Sir Ian McKellen has revealed that the Star Wars actor Alec Guinness once “pleaded” with him to not actively campaign for gay ...

Sir Alec Guinness, who played Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, made over $95 million because of his unique contract clause ...

While acting in the ground-breaking play Bent, about gay men imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, he was invited to ...

Ian McKellen revealed in a recent interview with The Guardian that Obi-Wan Kenobi actor Alec Guinness once advised him not to ...

While answering submitted questions for The Guardian, McKellen was asked about the worst piece of advice he’d ever been given ...