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9:36 pm - 11/17/2012

Ian McKellen cried tears of frustration on the set of 'The Hobbit'.


The 73-year-old actor became distressed filming the Sir Peter Jackson-directed movie, and mistakenly told the crew he did not become an actor to pretend pictures on sticks were dwarves.

He said: ''I had a miserable day. In order to shoot the dwarves and a large Gandalf, we couldn't be in the same set.

''All I had for company was 13 photographs of the dwarves on top of stands with little lights - whoever's talking flashes up. Pretending you're with 13 other people when you're on your own, it stretches your technical ability to the absolute limits.

''And I cried, actually. I cried. Then I said out loud, 'This is not why I became an actor'. Unfortunately the microphone was on and the whole studio heard.''

However, he was pleased to find everything had been made pleasant for him on his next day of filming.

He said: ''The next day I went into my little tent and it had all been decorated beautifully. Remnants of Rivendell, carpets and cushions, fresh fruit and flowers, things that were hanging. It was lovely.''
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_____faith 18th-Nov-2012 06:14 am (UTC)


...close enough
aerinsol 18th-Nov-2012 06:41 am (UTC)
Get out of here, Whoopi.

Edit: I'm referencing this incredibly awkward interview on The View. I don't want you to think I'm being mean. http://youtu.be/cBXieWsCH9s?t=4m1s

Edited at 2012-11-18 06:53 am (UTC)
_____faith 18th-Nov-2012 07:16 am (UTC)
lol no worries I knew exactly what you were talking about
bienenkiste 18th-Nov-2012 07:11 am (UTC)
LMAO mean
fancycarousel 18th-Nov-2012 08:12 am (UTC)
omg
soramai 18th-Nov-2012 10:30 am (UTC)
lol
howlcosmiclove 18th-Nov-2012 12:35 pm (UTC)
omg lol
dinosaur 18th-Nov-2012 12:50 pm (UTC)
hahaha
mothflavour 18th-Nov-2012 06:04 pm (UTC)
LOLLLL
sihaya09 18th-Nov-2012 06:15 am (UTC)
From anyone else, this would be pretentious nonsense, but I can't bring myself to get upset at the entire world's grandpa.

Edited at 2012-11-18 06:15 am (UTC)
365reasonswhy 18th-Nov-2012 06:52 am (UTC)
MTE. My first thought was like get over yourself but then I remembered who he was and I was like FUCK THEM ALL FOR MAKING HIM CRY!
demikkusuu 18th-Nov-2012 08:01 am (UTC)
yea same lol
timbershiver 18th-Nov-2012 09:02 am (UTC)
Lol mte, who can get mad at him? Not me.
quack 18th-Nov-2012 06:16 am (UTC)


love you sir ian

and with how old he is, I can understand him being all "damn technology, get off my lawn"
sadisticsidhe 18th-Nov-2012 06:19 am (UTC)
I had such a crush on him in the 1982 Scarlet Pimpernel.
soavantgarde 18th-Nov-2012 06:57 am (UTC)
whenever I read that I always think of pumpernickel bread lol
neverknew_xo 18th-Nov-2012 04:32 pm (UTC)
gah I watched this movie in my French class and fell in l o v e with it. would love to see it again.
thewhowhatwhats 18th-Nov-2012 06:23 am (UTC)
He's so beautiful.
aerinsol 18th-Nov-2012 06:44 am (UTC)
He's only 73. That's three years older than Harrison Ford.
little_ponette 18th-Nov-2012 11:26 am (UTC)
LMAOOOOOOOO @ "damn technology, get off my lawn".
zofi_hime 18th-Nov-2012 11:40 am (UTC)
love him
rlmoonyk 18th-Nov-2012 06:17 am (UTC)
"He said: ''The next day I went into my little tent and it had all been decorated beautifully. Remnants of Rivendell, carpets and cushions, fresh fruit and flowers, things that were hanging. It was lovely.''

I'd love someone forever if they did this for me
evett 18th-Nov-2012 06:18 am (UTC)
aw
sadisticsidhe 18th-Nov-2012 06:18 am (UTC)
Every time I see sets that are mostly green screen I feel like that must be hell to work with as an actor.
qween_tartii 18th-Nov-2012 06:40 am (UTC)
ita. i suppose you'd get used to it after a while, but you must feel totally ridiculous, standing in a big green room and reacting to nothing.
20727 18th-Nov-2012 07:05 am (UTC)
your icon is amazing
kindakooky 18th-Nov-2012 04:32 pm (UTC)
ikr I was watching John Carter today and it made me think how frustrating it must have been to do all those long scenes with literally noone else real to do your lines to
cuteej4 18th-Nov-2012 06:18 am (UTC)
Everybody has bad days. He shows his love for the project so much.
flashstruck 18th-Nov-2012 06:18 am (UTC)
lol aw.

It must be really tiring, or at least annoying, to constantly work with green screen/objects that aren't there for such extended periods of time. I'm sure it's even harder for older actors.

i'm sorry sir ian
butterbuns 18th-Nov-2012 06:32 am (UTC)
Yeah, even with the filming crew around, it's got to be kind of lonely, in a way to just act by yourself for hours on end.
miakun 18th-Nov-2012 06:19 am (UTC)
That actually sounds really stressful, especially with the hours they must be keeping to shoot as much as possible. BE NICE TO GANDALF, YO.
roguewave3 18th-Nov-2012 06:19 am (UTC)
I can imagine this situation being really hard and getting so frustrated you start to cry tbh. I know people are either going to make fun of him or give him a pass because he's an old white guy but I kinda get where he is coming from.

'This is not why I became an actor'.

I awed at this a little over this. lol


Edited at 2012-11-18 06:20 am (UTC)
imkevinspacey 18th-Nov-2012 09:07 am (UTC)
lol it is so adorably pathetic, makes me want to make him a cup of tea

we all have these moments
roguewave3 18th-Nov-2012 09:34 am (UTC)
I'm imagining Sir Ian sitting at your kitchen table weeping and you pouring him a cup of tea from a kettle. lol
cuteej4 18th-Nov-2012 06:20 am (UTC)
My dad asked me to name the Dwarves off the top of my head and I cannot for the life of me remember like 4 of them.

Fili, Kili, Ori, Nori, Dori, Bombur, Bofur, Bifur, Thorin...
sadisticsidhe 18th-Nov-2012 06:27 am (UTC)
Oin, Gloin, Balin, and Dwalin
bodyline 18th-Nov-2012 06:29 am (UTC)
FUCK I WAS GOING TO SAY GLOIN BUT I THOUGHT ONLY ONE OF GIMLI'S RELATIVES WENT

SMH @ MYSELF
cuteej4 18th-Nov-2012 06:30 am (UTC)
God damnit. lol. It's so hard to remember them all
rlmoonyk 18th-Nov-2012 06:40 am (UTC)
I always remember Balin cause of that scene in fotr

"Here lies Balin, son of Fundin"
bodyline 18th-Nov-2012 06:27 am (UTC)
Balin???
pastelstar 18th-Nov-2012 07:45 am (UTC)
I could do it when I was in grade 7. Now, fuck if I can remember how many there are.
365reasonswhy 18th-Nov-2012 08:17 am (UTC)
Your dad is awesome is what I took away from this.
simprov 18th-Nov-2012 08:35 am (UTC)
lol my dad asks me to do stuff like this all the time. he also tried to read the hobbit to me as a bedtime story when i was like 3. just a smidge hard to follow when you're 3.
windsong_moon 18th-Nov-2012 04:50 pm (UTC)
Lmao my dad still has a hard time with Faramir/Boromir and Eowyn/Arwen. This movie is going to be fun.
ellie_andrews 18th-Nov-2012 06:20 am (UTC)
Tears of frustration are the worst.
roguewave3 18th-Nov-2012 06:22 am (UTC)
I had them especially when it's coupled with stress and you're pressed for time.
insidemyknee 18th-Nov-2012 12:39 pm (UTC)
I had this happen at work. I'm a carer and we were really short of staff that day and an elderly lady was being really rude and un co-operative and I just broke down for like 5 mins.

Then I fanned my face and was like "I'm okay! I'm okay!" lol

/lifestory
fauxparadiso 18th-Nov-2012 06:32 am (UTC)
It sucks when you're in an argument or trying to get others to take you seriously but end up crying cause you're just at your frustration limit.
cuteej4 18th-Nov-2012 06:55 am (UTC)
I had tears of frustration because I was going through an emotional time and was a physical wreck. I was crying and was frustrated because I couldn't STOP crying and I would cry at the drop of a hat.

SO glad I was off work at that time because I would have cried in front of customers for no reason. lol
starchain 18th-Nov-2012 02:42 pm (UTC)
They really are, I'm lucky they never happened to me at work but I've had some epic frustration cries in the ride back home. I hate that feeling.
farlist 18th-Nov-2012 06:21 am (UTC)


aerinsol 18th-Nov-2012 06:45 am (UTC)
Yes! Love it!
I was coming here to post this
qween_tartii 18th-Nov-2012 06:46 am (UTC)
lololololol

he and Kate Winslet were my faves in this
perfecthorror 18th-Nov-2012 11:52 am (UTC)
lol mte
age_of_green 18th-Nov-2012 06:22 am (UTC)
Poor guy. :C This reads like something off the kink meme tbh.
one_hoopy_frood 18th-Nov-2012 06:23 am (UTC)
Awwwwwwwwwww
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