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Ian McKellen was wary of playing Hamlet
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Quintessentially British

Ian McKellen was waryof playing Hamlet because he's 80 and Hamlet's 20

Ian McKellen was wary
of playing Hamlet because he's 80 and Hamlet's 20

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Ian McKellen was wary of playing Hamlet
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because he's 80 and Hamlet's 20.
Duration
9 seconds
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428
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:58
Uploaded
Mar 16, 2025
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documentary
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A feature documentary celebrating everything great and British
But I thought he can respect the language and the poetry, - Quintessentially British 00:09
But I thought he can respect the language and the poetry,
Because whilst he's known now as Gandalf, he's still - Quintessentially British 00:10
Because whilst he's known now as Gandalf, he's sti...
Oh, we're living in an age when an 82 year old man - Quintessentially British 00:10
Oh, we're living in an age when an 82 year old man
And never forget, you can never forget - Quintessentially British 00:07
And never forget, you can never forget
We were filming with Sir Ian McKellen - Quintessentially British 00:09
We were filming with Sir Ian McKellen
What is it about Shakespeare that is - Quintessentially British 00:06
What is it about Shakespeare that is
And I was brought up on Shakespeare as a little girl, - Quintessentially British 00:07
And I was brought up on Shakespeare as a little girl,
Reams of it, I could do a whole play for you now. - Quintessentially British 00:06
Reams of it, I could do a whole play for you now.
If you like the Dream or Twelfth Night, I could do all that. - Quintessentially British 00:05
If you like the Dream or Twelfth Night, I could do all that.
It's a good note to give to tired old actors - Quintessentially British 00:09
It's a good note to give to tired old actors
Italians, the cliche for us who are not Italians, - Quintessentially British 00:08
Italians, the cliche for us who are not Italians,
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But done with great flair and imagination and metaphor
I mean, we've had the Victorian era to live - Quintessentially British 00:17
I mean, we've had the Victorian era to live
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My world at the moment, we talk so much
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And I think what's so interesting about the Queen,
They've always supported the Savile Row's, - Quintessentially British 00:12
They've always supported the Savile Row's,
And that's so important to them to support these brands - Quintessentially British 00:15
And that's so important to them to support these brands
I have to confess that I have never, ever been able - Quintessentially British 00:11
I have to confess that I have never, ever been able
But I think there is something about precision tailoring, - Quintessentially British 00:15
But I think there is something about precision tailoring,
The sartorial elegance, which is actually - Quintessentially British 00:10
The sartorial elegance, which is actually