Ian McKellen Monologue - Saturday Night Live

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Ian McKellen explains why he loves the cast of "Saturday Night Live". Aired 03/16/02
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[@sauravkumar17]

this man has got what we call real stage presence

[@robertcook9078]

Notice how he called the skits, "plays". That is a man who has been doing Shakespeare all his career. A true actor and a absolute legend.

[@ACrackedSmile]

I hope he lives forever hes just a magical being of a man, one in a thousand lifetimes!

[@petemadrona2252]

sirK eeGcM I'll literally cry a river if the exact opposite happens

[@user-wq7ms7eu9j]

@@petemadrona2252 i know i did

[@petemadrona2252]

@@user-wq7ms7eu9j Out of the right holes I hope 😂😂😂 jk

[@lindildeev5721]

Alas, we all know that one day, Mithrandir will return to Valinor.

[@bennywark3103]

Me too Also 200th like!

[@lysander3262]

Humble, grateful, playful, and finally *savage*. To be able to sweep such a spectrum so rapidly is masterful.

[@blogorgonopsid]

Such a charming man. We love you Sir Ian McKellen! I've grown up with Gandalf and Magneto.

[@Janaparnikova]

dude was 63 at the moment...what a beautiful legend

[@igotsomenews]

Man, that's one of the best monologues of SNL ever.

[@EmeraldLavigne]

I still think about it regularly.

[@lidis9348]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Sir EEEEEEYANNNNNNNNN MCKELLEN!

[@Edranub]

What a man. Both a wizard and a king.

[@jeremiahdansereau2950]

And the Master of Magnetism

[@virginiaplain72]

And a Queen

[@arnimasingh7373]

Gandalf the Gay! love this guy so much

[@kasunlee7489]

😂

[@kathleenevans8867]

Watch him laugh, he looks like he is having a ton of fun!

[@b00i00d]

Man, I love watching McKellen - he's such a natural! And what wouldn't I give so that I could go back in time to watch him and Hopkins on stage at the NT!!! It should have been standard practice to capture all such great stage performances on camera, nothing "filmy", just a draft record of what it was like - subsequent generations sorely miss it!

[@fugaziishime]

He really fills and embraces a stage. You love to see it.

[@monsterlair]

So i just watched Patrick Stewart's intro to his apperance on SNL, and it's a bit shocking how much funnier, comfortable and genuine Sir McKellen is in his intro.

[@gracekemball-cook8077]

What a legend

[@lineii17]

he is so handsome!

[@johnnyace2396]

"I am Magneto, BITCH!"

[@rannierunsfast]

He's really hot for an older guy

[@TheEmeliexx]

yeah lol

[@inisus]

Look up his vids from the 70s. The man had charisma.

[@leeherring1244]

He's always been handsome in my opinion. Even though he's 54 years my senior 🧓 😂 x

[@vserovno]

or i could be on holiday with my boyfriend ooh my..

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

outstanding!

[@CYP0]

He could have been talking Shakespeare with a voice like that. Just imagine talking to him on the phone. One might just faint in awe.

[@kritikrebel.in.krikitpond]

what a sweetheart

[@ganbadeh]

Young Ian McKellen is so handsome.

[@AjarofNatella]

He must be the best grandpa

[@zulawoo]

+Phob Watch Probably, but he's gay and has no kids

[@lazerlord9324]

Chortle

[@thekiss2083]

Great-uncle, maybe 🏳️‍🌈

[@susanaramos5119]

Who's here after seeing Kylie Minogue on Late Night with Seth Mayers?

[@marcelvisa]

meeee lol

[@christopherchurch9415]

Me!

[@cajojeliocsinarf2051]

and they made me into an action figure.. hahahha! nailed that xD

[@leeherring1244]

Sir Ian.... I adore you! Blessed be xx

[@malumello17]

He knows how to dance 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@eipplusone3395]

This guy is a God on stage

[@KrissAstronomist]

so adorable ♥

[@shimone5198]

Wait where did the 3:49 mins go?? It was over before I realised. Brilliant💗💗

[@racheldrum1982]

One of the best episodes ever!

[@chocolate-xg5uf]

omggg one of the best monologue ever😭I love Sir Ian❤

[@csen96]

i didn't eve know he was gay...anywhoo Magneto is adorable!!

[@masbond84]

i always love when you get people like him on snl. like who would expect it? lol.

[@kellybundy1000]

How many times can I like that!? :D

[@ccbobby20]

wow, that is how you do a monologue

[@Hollameyah899]

3:15 says the man who starred in Apt Pupil from director Bryan Singer, and would also go on to do X-Men 1-4

[@bdwmason6081]

Sir Ian rocks!

[@bdwmason6081]

***** I damn hope not! :) ;)

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

just the best !! HONESTLY THE BEST

[@passion777able]

I loved him in the movie Jack and Sarah. Catch it if you can. It's so cute.

[@marjanp4784]

Sir Ian Mclain is one of the finest British products ❤️

[@badboyciccone4585]

Lo amooo!

[@jamesambrocio]

he's been Knighted?

[@JulieGMusic]

yes! In 1991!

[@emilycopper2712]

Ofc

[@tenzingdawa4220]

Hey! Isn't he the guy in that "Listen to the man" music videos?

[@choaron]

Yes

[@tylerkochman1007]

Kylie Minogue was the musical guest that night

[@ApocaIypse666]

His iconic pic I am gandalf n magneto get over with it luv that pic awesome

[@alibeefy129]

Sir Ian Fuckin McKellen!! The man is royalty, him and Sir Patrick Stewart are the best Shakespearian actors hands down.

[@jessiejames7492]

Do more comedy? Vicious!

[@andstr4150]

what a classy dude

[@priyac7054]

A real teacher

[@Maya-lg4xp]

He associates New Zealand with his boyfriend, not with giant statues of him or his head on an airplane

[@angelasinger2953]

Oh Gandalf!

[@azwaramiraja2283]

I ALWAYS LOVE SIR IAN MCKELLEN 😍😍😍 What year is it? He looks so young here

[@MediaBrad]

2002

[@sudipchatterjee]

❤❤❤

[@iwakuraSanta]

nice knock about the opriests

[@567HeyPandaBoo]

Look at Gandalf! He is a handsome man.

[@williamcrowe2576]

He would later star in the Britcom "Vicious" with Derek Jacobi.

[@link2176]

Gandalf is just awesome

[@BluJae93]

Him Patrick Stewart are amazing

[@Liz-pl1bx]

Sooo gorgeous men,Patrick was right)❤

[@sarak.1742]

loooooooooove :)

[@lovez2eat]

I desperately want to be his granddaughter. He probably wouldn't be my ACTUAL granddad (obviously), but I don't mind. I want him to tell me all the interesting stories of his life. I want to laugh with him, I want him to come around for christmas, and I want to tell everyone that my grandfather is the great Sir Ian McKellen. (And yes, I know that may sound kinda creepy.)

[@stranraerwal]

Laura Michelbrink: Yes indeed, it sounds like the usual creepy teeny-dream

[@ayanmukherjee8255]

NEVER SEEN iAN mCKELLEN DANCING BEFORE

[@freddieelm]

Can you guys upload Kylie Minogue's performances from this episode?

[@baburao87]

Is it just me or he looks like old Bryan Cranston?

[@janiakowska]

a fantastic and brilliant shakespeare's actor ever the greatest ever in Macbeth and King Lear..a Shakespeare expert !! fabulous in Richard III...waiting for Godot and so on...the best ever

[@BuriedTreasure255]

shakespeare is boring as fuck

[@Tavorath]

Didn't know about about this amazing host yet I can't find any snl skit with him, was it that bad?

[@masbond84]

i found 2 more skits with him so far: one weekend update and one a "delicious dish" skit. maybe u could try exploring more

[@Tavorath]

masbond84 Thanks a bunch

[@letsgosurfing416]

That's Sir Ian McKellen, otherwise known as Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings.

[@SamirEK1]

Let'sGo Surfing or MAGNETOOOOOOOOOO !

[@Vesnicie]

Samir Karimov Or any of the other far more worthy roles he's played on stage and in film that have nothing to do with overinflated blockbusters.

[@eschiedler]

monologue starts at 0:43 lol

[@tomb8419]

I swear he is the only guy in the world that can get away with being a creepy old bloke :P

[@idecantwellbarnes6707]

Tom B m

[@TheClassicWorld]

Thomas, studies have shown the English to have the best teeth.

[@TheClassicWorld]

I forget, look into it, I suggest. Note that it may be due to good free health care, of course, it's not true that magically, we, the English, are born with better teeth. Though, from what I have seen, the Africans have good teeth. It's easy to understand that the biggest problem is bad foods for teeth. So, really, the Americans and the English are not doing so great. I read that Americans have endless teeth problems (mostly due to eating very bad foods, and then not proper care, and your system is not the best). Nonetheless, the English do end up with better teeth than the Americans, on average.

[@stranraerwal]

Doubtin Thomas:British Teeth Studies !

[@clothilde1623]

If you like Ian McKellen and you like comedy, and you have not yet seen him in Ricky Gervais's 'Extras', you need to rectify this a.s.a.p.

[@idecantwellbarnes6707]

Moloko njnj

[@jorgegomezblanco5837]

Upload Kylie Minogue's performances pleaseeeee!!!

[@thomashernandez8700]

Is this the show where he kisses Jimmy Farron? on the lips during Weekend Update?

[@terrywestbrook-lienert2296]

Yes! That was great! My husband and I laughed our tails off! 🖤 Sir Ian McKellen!

[@davidmartin5483]

Uh I love that gay sass😂😂😂😂

[@elizabethification771]

Did he... write his own monologue?

[@videowilliams]

He's very endearing as himself- if that's "himself". It's always hard to tell with an actor, isn't it?

[@JaneMagdalena]

It´s not hard to tell I think. He is himself. By himself I mean - himself in a role of being himself as a host of saturday night life. If it were you on that stage, who would you be? Of course you would be yourself, yet slightly different. We are all actors in our social life. You would see it, if he came on stage as being Hamlet or Othello. That would be him as Hamlet hosting the SNL. It´s not that if actors are somewhere as themselves they are automatically lying... :)

[@paulweaver2779]

what year is this?

[@DavidCvetkovski]

03/16/02 so that's 16th of March, 2002.

[@koko20467]

He was very handsome in 2002.

[@plentifulcoconuts6872]

What year is this, precious?

[@christopherchurch9415]

2002

[@vassa1972]

Funny

[@Matt_Villines]

He looks like he could be Mick Jagger’s brother

[@markroberts171]

He is rather good isn't he

[@alexandrebertrand-lafleur3114]

Ladies and Gentlemans please welcome: Magneto!!! or Gandalf!!!

[@LEJY65]

He is gandalf?

[@rukhaiya]

Yes he is

[@stranraerwal]

LEJY65: what a brilliant question !

[@LukeDayInTheUK]

Kylie Monologue Haha

[@kmidrnbw7526]

buuuhuuurrrrn priests.

[@annamooney531]

I realm hope that wasn't a dog at the Irish people.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

You mean an Irish setter?

[@CC-dd6fm]

No toward Roman Catholicism

[@andresvargas8311]

:)

[@EmeraldLavigne]

I love and hate that people clapped when he said he could be in New Zealand with his boyfriend. I love it because I love people cheering a gay baby for being gay. And I hate that it was somehow some kind of a big deal at the time. Just let people fuckin be the people they are. Looking at you, Tennessee, outlawing trans people this past week...

[@kafkawood]

His orientation was obvious the moment he danced to the stage with loose wrists. I never knew Ian body language is so strongly gay outside of a movie.

[@alannatrebond14]

No gay guys have firm wrists when dancing, actually

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

How perceptive of you to spot a false and cliche'd indicator of homosexuality in a man who has never hidden his gayness, and bonus points for caring about something that has no impact on anything whatsoever.

[@DrDeejay89]

I have very firm wrists when i dance yet i'm very fond of having sex with men. Am i a living paradox?

[@stranraerwal]

Gentleman: what a f..ing stupid statement coming from a "Gentleman" !

[@NelsonClick]

What? Huh? What did he just say? Did he say boyfriend? Boyfriend? Is he..is he umm...well, you know. Is he gay? A homosexual? As in have sex with men gay? Oh my God. I had no idea. You know, he talks about it all the time and always sneaking that fact in every time he speaks in public but I guess I never wanted to accept it. But this time - it went in.

[@yousefal-otaibi150]

Magneto is gay?

[@chrisofnottingham]

+yousif5 11 I don't think so. But Ian McKellen is. That's acting for you. Yes, a year late - I lose.

[@antoniopizarro7670]

I didnt know he was english.

[@janicemurphy7878]

Stage presence without rhythm. Awm

[@octavus]

is gay :O ?? i waa .... i no idea

[@Merlinthehappypig]

Does he have to mention hes gay on EVERY tv show appearance?

[@JamUpYourLife]

Nope, he doesn't have to. He just does because he can and wants to. And if you'd grown up in a time where your sexuality could get you put in jail, I'm sure you'd be loving the opportunity to announce it proudly as often as you wanted to as well.

[@Merlinthehappypig]

JamUpYourLife I understand that...but its like every TV apearence XD

[@VisionaryofMirage]

Merlin The Happy Pig Straight people never shut up about their love lives either...

[@fakusnamus2205]

To be fair, most people are still surprised to hear it.

[@RedikolousRyder]

He just said that he could be on a holiday with his boyfriend.. What the hell's wrong with that?

[@jimbob1277]

When was this? this looks very old vocals ehe looks terrible and has done for years

[@pertermurderstrom8115]

This is awful.

[@mariaw.4780]

so lame