'Will I Be Allowed Back in the Country?' — Avengers: Doomsday Star Ian McKellen Has Now Re-Enacted the Moment Magneto Destroys [Spoiler] in the Movie

Earlier this week, acting fable Ian McKellen appeared to driblet an tremendous Avengers: Doomsday spoiler. Now, the histrion has repeated the aforesaid assertion — and adjacent re-enacted the infinitesimal connected The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

McKellen, who reprises his classical X-Men relation arsenic Magneto successful the film, declared earlier this week that helium "destroys New Jersey" successful Avengers: Doomsday — a connection that amazed fans and nary uncertainty trained each of Marvel's anti-spoiler snipers upon him.

Well, the histrion has present gone further — seemingly performing the infinitesimal helium does so, and providing immoderate behind-the-scenes discourse that helium joked could get him banned from returning to the U.S.

"I don't deliberation I'm spoiling thing by saying Magneto destroys New Jersey," McKellen said connected past night's Late Show with Stephen Colbert. I'm atrocious astir that, New Jersey. My fault.

"So I'm lasting up, pretending to bash that [now standing, McKellen stretches his arms retired successful a classical Magneto pose], and the upwind is blowing successful my hair, and I'm putting connected a fierce look and trying to beryllium magnetic.

"The manager implicit loudspeakers says 'Ian, looking much furious' [McKellen does so, gnashing his teeth]. He past said 'shout something!' I said, 'What bash I shout?'

"He says, 'Shout the worst happening you could perchance deliberation of!' truthful I said 'Mar-lar-go!' Will I beryllium allowed backmost successful the country?"

As portion of the aforesaid interview, McKellen confirms he'll beryllium shooting The Lord of the Rings prequel movie Hunt for Gollum successful New Zealand adjacent summer, apt July. The histrion antecedently powerfully suggested helium was reprising his relation arsenic Gandalf by announcing personally that his quality was successful it, though determination is present nary doubt.

The interrogation is afloat of amusive anecdotes, including McKellen's archetypal gathering with the late, large Christopher Lee, who played Saruman. The 2 men met astatine a meal earlier shooting began, and during the crockery course, Lee told Gandalf that not lone did helium work Lord of the Rings each year, but that he'd ever thought helium should play Gandalf. McKellen wasn't definite if Lee was joking.

"He was a precise bully antheral so and I deliberation that was a joke," McKellen said. "But possibly not."

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