Gandalf would beat Hillary with one eye-brow tied behind his back
Most sequels are pretty useless, of course.
Take Bush.
Some are more eagerly expected though, so there was great jubilation, amongst those who care for these kinds of things, when Sir Ian McKellen announced on his website that he will most probably play Gandalf again in the coming Hobbit film:
Sir Ian McKellen is to don the grey beard of Gandalf once more and reprise his role in the forthcoming film of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit. The respected actor has confirmed on his website that he will play the wizard again, delighting fans of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
When questioned as to whether he would take up the role, Sir Ian writes: “Yes I will, if Peter Jackson and I have anything to do with it, he being the producer and me being, on the whole, a very lucky actor”.
It is believed that a contract has not yet been signed but that plans are underway to start shooting one of two of The Hobbit films next year. When asked by another fan if he has been approached by Peter Jackson or anyone else he replies:
“Encouragingly, Peter and Fran Walsh have told me they couldn’t imagine The Hobbit without their original Gandalf. Their confidence hasn’t yet been confirmed by the director Guillermo del Toro but I am keeping my diary free for 2009.”
Of course, it isn’t quite a done deal yet.
Like Hillary has already found out, it’s all good and well to plan for success and to feel that you are entitled to whatever role – or crown – you crave, but quite another to convince the people that matter that you actually should have it.
On the whole though, I’d say that Sir Ian is damn more likely to get the part he wants than Hillary Clinton is – but then, if he’d be allowed to run for that other job, he might have brushed her aside with ease and would have given both Obama and McCain a good run for their money as well.
Yes, it’s such a pity for your average politician (and especially in Hillary’s case, one feels) that there is no place where they teach you that kind of magic anymore – outside of Hogwarts, I suppose.
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