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Ian McKellen Joins Matthew Vaughn's "Stardust" Cast ... Kinda
by Scott Weinberg | January 03, 2007
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Genre superstar Ian McKellen (he played Gandalf in "Lord of the Rings" and Magneto in the "X-Men" trilogy) has been cast as the narrator in Matthew Vaughn's fantasy adventure "Stardust," which already stars folks like Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, and Claire Danes.

From The Hollywood Reporter: "The film, based on Neil Gaiman's novel, centers on a young man who promises his beloved that he will retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the Faerie realm, where he encounters witches, goblins, gnomes, talking animals and evil trees. Gaiman's fairy tale debuted in 1997 as a four-issue DC Comics miniseries with illustrations by Charles Vess. It was published as a single book the following year." (Click here for the full story.)
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Good choice. The guy's a brilliant actor, but he's also got a voice made for storybook-style narration.

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bigbrother writes:
on Jan 03 2007 03:14 AM

SIR Ian McKellan...show some GD respect.

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elziard writes:
on Jan 03 2007 11:18 AM

nice…

really like how this is evolving.


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RexLaboro writes:
on Jan 03 2007 10:23 PM

Hands down the coolest Gay Man in the world.

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RDawg5555 writes:
on Jan 04 2007 09:54 AM

Good choice, but I think Morgan Freeman would have been a better narrator.

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