Lord of the Rings star Ian McKellen says the Queen was “damn rude”

The late Queen Elizabeth II was famous for never expressing her opinion in public on any subject except her favourite hobby, horse racing. Despite this, one of Britain's most famous veteran actors once said he found her “bloody rude” when she spoke to him and dismissive of his chosen profession.

Sir Ian McKellen, who had to cancel a theatre tour after falling off the stage in London’s West End in June, gave an interview with The London Timesand recounted details of an occasion on which the Queen presented him with a medal.

McKellen said The times that the monarch said to him: “You've been doing this for an awful long time,” to which he replied: “Well, not as long as you.”

Then she asked: “Does anyone still go to the theater?”

McKellen said this weekend: “It's a damn rude thing to give someone a medal for their acting performance. It meant, 'Does anyone care about you, because I don't. Now go away!'”

However, the 85-year-old theatre knight expressed his sympathy for the British royal family, asking: “I've been in public life a bit, but these people are in prison. They can't do anything normal. Can you imagine having to be nice to everyone you talk to?”

The 85-year-old theatre knight recently announced that he had been asked to reprise his role as Gandalf in Andy Serkis' new film. Lord of the rings Movies. Serkis played Gollum in Peter Jackson's record-breaking anthology.

In June, he caused a stir when he tripped over the rungs of an overturned chair during a performance and fell off the stage. Player Kings at the Noel Coward Theatre. He broke his wrist and a vertebra and had to cancel the tour.