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Sir Ian McKellen - Actor

Sir Ian McKellen - Actor

The Interview vor 9 Jahren

'My campaigning is about allowing people to be themselves' - McKellen on gay rights

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Whether you think of him as Richard III or Gandalf, you will know
he has won hearts and accolades around the world - not just for
five decades of work on stage and screen, but also for his
passionate public advocacy, particular on the issue of gay
rights. Sir Ian McKellen was brought up in a Britain in which
homosexuality was still a crime. He did not come out publicly
until he was 49. Almost three decades on he is still acting and
still campaigning. For this special programme recorded in front
of an audience to mark 20 years of Hardtalk, Stephen Sackur asks
him to what extent has the cultural landscape changed?