Ian McKellen Recalls The Moment He Took Aim At Donald Trump While Filming New Marvel Movie
Sir Ian McKellen is reprising his role as supervillain Magneto in the upcoming Marvel film Avengers: Doomsday, and this week recalled the moment he took a swipe at Donald Trump during filming.
The taunt came while filming his character’s destruction of New Jersey, the Lord Of The Rings star told The Late Show host Stephen Colbert.
“So I’m standing up pretending to do that, the wind is blowing in my hair, I’m putting on a fierce look, I’m trying to be magnetic,” Sir Ian recalled. “And the director comes over the loudspeaker and says, ‘Ian, look more furious’.”
The Oscar nominee then asked the director if there was anything in particular that he should shout, only to be told: “Shout the worst thing you could possibly think of.”
With his arms outstretched, the actor boomed “Mar-a-Lago”, to which the studio audience erupted in cheers.
Sir Ian, who has made it clear that he is no fan of Trump, sat down and wondered aloud: “Will I be allowed back in the country?”
“Will you be allowed back in the country? No guarantees,” the talk show host, himself a fierce critic of the president, laughingly responded, adding: “I don’t think I’m the right person to ask about that.”
Watch the full interview here: