Sir Ian McKellen mistaken for tramp outside theatre

Sir Ian McKellen mistaken for tramp outside theatre

Postby dutchman » Wed May 12, 2010 9:39 pm

The 70-year-old actor is rehearsing Waiting For Godot in Melbourne, Australia, and was sitting in his tramp costume having a break when a passer-by gave him an Australian dollar.

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He said: "During the dress rehearsal of Godot, I crouched by the stage door of the Comedy Theatre, getting some air, my bowler hat at my feet (and) seeing an unkempt old man down on his luck, a passer-by said, 'Need some help, brother?' and put a dollar in my hat."

Sir Ian said: "I hope the Melbourne audiences will be as generous.

"The dollar coin is now lodged between two drawing pins on the board above my dressing room mirror. My lucky talisman."

Waiting For Godot opens at the Comedy Theatre on Thursday May 6 and tours Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth.

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