'Ian has acknowledged that he was wrong and I was right.'
The Big Picture Ian McKellen has long bedeviled the X-Men, but he almost made an enemy of Star Trek fans, as well. As chronicled in Patrick Stewart's new memoir, McKellen tried to dissuade him from taking on the role of Jean-Luc Picard. Variety reports that Stewart's new memoir, Making It So, recounts a time when Stewart, on the cusp of signing a contract to star in Star Trek: The Next Generation, sought out theatrical colleague McKellen's advice.
Stewart ultimately ignored McKellen's advice, and signed on to captain the USS Enterprise in 1987. Despite a rocky start to the series, the role lasted for seven seasons and propelled Stewart to international stardom, leading him to reprise the role in four movies and three seasons of the sequel series Star Trek: Picard. Stewart has no regrets, and writes that "in the years since, we have become dear pals and X-Men colleagues, and Ian has acknowledged that he was wrong and I was right.
At the time of Stewart's casting on The Next Generation, Stewart and McKellen were both members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, but had only appeared on stage with each other once, and were mere acquaintances and colleagues. In 2000, they were cast as foes in the X-Men films, with Stewart playing the telepathic Professor Charles Xavier, and McKellan playing his former friend and now-nemesis Magneto.
Ian McKellen Has Since Come Around Since giving his advice to Stewart, McKellen has been no stranger to genre fare. In addition to the X-Men movies, he famously starred as Gandalf in Peter Jackson's adaptations of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and made appearances in Last Action Hero, The Shadow, and the ill-fated Cats.
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