Ian McKellen should get a Nobel Prize for this scene alone. I don’t care which one. Just give him one.
@Robfergy21 күн бұрын
But Maggie Smith would be the first to tell you his “method” doesn’t work.
@IcefloeProductions-qv2qgАй бұрын
Who came from the cat?
@Censorship.Destroyed.Freedom2 ай бұрын
This is from Extras, isn't it? "Are you having a laugh? Are you having a laugh?" I miss the days of having access to British shows in Canada without a freakin' VPN or a dozen different streaming subscriptions.
@GordonEngels2 ай бұрын
So true.
@MoldveyDM2 ай бұрын
All the World is a Stage!
@benjaminkonefal-iz9iy3 ай бұрын
😢, the PC version of the joke. This is the setup. The punchline? That would be in the full scene, it’s a homophobia joke… and it’s hilarious.
@samirhazlehurst88063 ай бұрын
Imagine or pretend, it's your choice, really.
@goliath89223 ай бұрын
Lol "you're confused"😅
@joesmith82884 ай бұрын
I already lost it at the "You understand I am not really a wizard?" line LMAO
@RogerYeahmon4 ай бұрын
According to McKellan, Merchant wrote this scene 👌
@yolanda85634 ай бұрын
This needs to be sent to casting agents to remind them.
@jorgemello7805 ай бұрын
How do we know that he is not acting since he was born?
@oolala536 ай бұрын
Gawd, how my acting teachers have hated that word "pretend."
@oolala536 ай бұрын
That's it? Okay, got it. Cast me!
@EBChrispy6 ай бұрын
"And that goes for everybody, there will be NO scripts on the night!" still kills me every time
@KarlGumbo6 ай бұрын
The bloopers from this scene are absolutely the best from the show. Just hilarious
@giusepped36787 ай бұрын
"The whole thing is illusion. You are not really John. You are pretending. And that.. Is acting."
@JohnDoe-t5s3p7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@37Dionysos7 ай бұрын
"And then?" "Then, I pick up a paycheck vastly out of proportion to the skills and efforts that I just described, while working people break their asses every day for 1/1000th the rewards."
@darren7677 ай бұрын
a great actor doing a skit about an actor who's a bit numb about acting is probably the best acting ive ever seen!!
@andrewnicon7 ай бұрын
This is funny because its literally just what actors do. Its not that complicated.
@MossXM6 ай бұрын
Oh really? Thanks for clarifying that for us.
@jean-lucpicard55107 ай бұрын
I'm treating this as ASMR.
@galacticpondofficial7 ай бұрын
"To portray a wizard for the duration of the film"
@BuckHunter1038 ай бұрын
“You are aware that I am not really a wizard” gets me everything
@faupel9 ай бұрын
mindblowing. so informative tbh
@NickStedmon9 ай бұрын
Classic. Good to know Sir Ian watches these to cheer himself up too. In case he's watching now: You're the best! ❤
@zeigbert17439 ай бұрын
I would've sworn he was a wizard.
@miiyu1389 ай бұрын
In close up shots dont move your head and dont put your hands or anything else in front of your face,
@tredekka1310 ай бұрын
As true today as it ever was.
@babbisp110 ай бұрын
Nts 1:42
@blacktimhoward432210 ай бұрын
I love how he kills the line "Wizard, you shall not pass!" Any balrogs would have fled for sure
@leighcheetham555710 ай бұрын
You're confused 😂
@salt487211 ай бұрын
sarien
@Beelzeboogie11 ай бұрын
Thing is. He's not wrong.
@timelessrises11 ай бұрын
So am I John?
@omegaman649411 ай бұрын
The brilliant thing about the episode was that Gervais' characters failure to follow this advice costs him the role lol
@s.d.862011 ай бұрын
His conduct in this skit reminds me quite a lot of Jerry Stiller's way of acting out the character of Arthur in "King of Queens".
@PoorlyWrttenReviews11 ай бұрын
Even this piece of acting about how to act is great acting
@irubberyouglueonethousand5384 Жыл бұрын
the tear at the end. it really means something to him haha
@ricardolima9411 Жыл бұрын
What a precious man.
@EvilEelofSteel Жыл бұрын
01:38 reminded me of my prof in thermodynamics, the graph went like "Stefan, Stefan, Stefan, EXAM! You shall not pass! Cut! Stefan, Stefan Stefan..."
@petitmeowmeow Жыл бұрын
Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian,
@artttard Жыл бұрын
This video is funny because it's witty and Ian McKellen is a gem. It's doubly funny because of how many actors take themselves way too seriously and "method act". Is it really acting when you just straight up become the character?
@nothingtoseehere2336 Жыл бұрын
Learn the words and speak them as if you are saying them for the first time. Three years of drama college and thousands of pounds of higher education fees distilled into one sentence.
@RyanZacharko Жыл бұрын
If Thomas and friends make a theatrical movie, they should get this guy
@redmondo42 Жыл бұрын
George, could you get us some vaseline?
@musiqsoundsproductions Жыл бұрын
Nobody: Sir McKellen: How did I act so well 😂😂😂
@sploofmcsterra4786 Жыл бұрын
Love the idea of an actor that thinks they're a fraud because they're making it all up
@vanhouten64 Жыл бұрын
He was great as Dumbledore and Gandalf! Such talent
@nothingtoseehere2336 Жыл бұрын
Magneto and Gandalf. Richard Harris and later Michael Gambon were Dumbledore