I love how he casually said ,"I went in a DIFFERENT direction."
@GaryM67-718 ай бұрын
Poor guy, a road to hell.
@RevealedFilms8 ай бұрын
🦇 tyman direction.
@beastvader8 ай бұрын
@@RevealedFilms😂
@Tao_Tology8 ай бұрын
@@RevealedFilms So scared of a gay man.
@sunnun92038 ай бұрын
but why ?
@Tao_Tology8 ай бұрын
He's correct about letters. They are actual, physical things that _the other person actually held and wrote on_ and that have made their way to you.
@dsmyify8 ай бұрын
They had to travel miles, entrusted to strangers, in order to their destination. Tangible communication, carefully selected words, between two people.
@dkelly266668 ай бұрын
I remember receiving letters from far away, smelling of perfume, and sealed on the back with red lipstick kisses. It was such an event to get one.
@helgaioannidis93658 ай бұрын
They are so much more personal. My first boyfriend used to cover the envelopes in collages made of old Mickey Mouse stories with his own texts in the bubbles during his military service, while i used to cover them with little hearts or to fill them with "I love you - I love you - ...". I remember one letter I wrote got full of tears and the paper became a bit messed up.
@joellewhite9128 ай бұрын
I have a bag full of letters from the 80s - finishing school and moving and writing to friends and family. He is right - it was really exciting and heart warming receiving a letter.
@joe12058 ай бұрын
Now it's: Luv u Same
@amandasaunders25038 ай бұрын
Platonic love can be just as strong as romantic love. It’s so sweet they met again, shame it had to be so long in between. ❤
@zoyadulzura74908 ай бұрын
Agreed. Why does romantic love get prioritized so much?? It's just one type of love, and other kinds can be just as strong.
@SerenDipInT8 ай бұрын
So true
@mohammedzaman94228 ай бұрын
@@zoyadulzura7490because romantic love is the one that will make you do crazy things
@BOOMDIGGER7 ай бұрын
@@zoyadulzura7490Are you telling people how to love?
@zoyadulzura74907 ай бұрын
@@BOOMDIGGER Nope. What a weird interpretation. I'm saying that it's shouldn't be depicted as the "ultimate" love all the time. There are so many toxic messages attached to the way these stories are told, including the absence of a greater variety of such stories. It's part of the reason why incels exist. A movie about male platonic love is seen as a joke based on the premise alone. Stories about friendship are underrated and undertold.
@AdmiralJaneway746568 ай бұрын
The fact that she is called Wendy makes this even sweeter.
@matthewrandell50558 ай бұрын
Why?
@hellbringer48208 ай бұрын
@@matthewrandell5055maybe like a Peter Pan thing lol
@MichelleT-so4we8 ай бұрын
💯
@wavetech_8 ай бұрын
it's a lovely name, I suppose. And that, it is.
@nelsonhibbert52678 ай бұрын
But he obviously formed the opinion that nothing is sweeter than a chocolate fudge pipe.
@marisalobo80258 ай бұрын
I wish he could just live forever 😢
@lindildeev57218 ай бұрын
He will, it's just that someday, he will go West.
@Serratti8 ай бұрын
@@lindildeev5721 ooooooo that hit so hard!!!
@marisalobo80258 ай бұрын
Of course!!! 🥺😢😭
@ashish_sunny8 ай бұрын
Sir, I would like to bestow you my comment of the month award 🏆
@jemsplitter8 ай бұрын
don't mourn someone before they're gone.
@KabirChattopadhyay19918 ай бұрын
Wendy: "Ian, you were quite late in sending your last letter." Ian: "A Wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He writes his letter precisely when he means to."
@hharts838 ай бұрын
♥️
@Aragonsdick51708 ай бұрын
😂😂..clever.
@massimogiuntini17 ай бұрын
😍
@PC-eu4xj7 ай бұрын
Hahahahahahaa
@claudiafegari51167 ай бұрын
Although we live in a world of texting and e-mailing. Some people in our lives deserve the energy of a handwritten letter. I have done some of those for very special people over the last years.
@TihetrisWeathersby8 ай бұрын
How awesome is that like 70 something years later she remembered
@kimakotrotman68608 ай бұрын
Those kind of memories don't fade.
@vetiverose1288 ай бұрын
If he can remember, she surely would coz women tend to be the ones who rmb these kinda things for a long time...
@IndomitableT8 ай бұрын
@@vetiverose128. Your comment sums up the essence of the conversation between Anne Elliot and Captain Harville near the end of the movie Persuasion (1995) based on the novel by Jane Austen. It is nice to see that her truth still is universally acknowledged in the 21st century.☺️
@elissalombard70218 ай бұрын
@@IndomitableTthis is a top tier comment in several ways 👌🏽👌🏽
@IndomitableT8 ай бұрын
@@elissalombard7021. Usually it takes one to know one, therefore I may be safe to assume that you are an Austen fan?😉
@Lppt878 ай бұрын
He actually regretted not having the letters. 😢
@lisastenzel57134 ай бұрын
You could see him thinking about it...'where and when did they go missing?' But see...since he took another direction as he put it so beautifully...I guess as a teen he might have been ashamed of them. But most likely...he just hadn't noticed his mother throw them out?! He was only 8. This is such a young age even back in his days
@sergiodelrioreyes76554 ай бұрын
Which honestly makes a lot of sense, considering that was 70 years ago and he must have moved 30 times in his life
@Bronzescorpion4 ай бұрын
@@sergiodelrioreyes7655 30 times??? How often do you move?
@sergiodelrioreyes76554 ай бұрын
@@Bronzescorpion I certainly don't move as much as an A list actor. But he has worked all over the globe
@Bronzescorpion4 ай бұрын
@@sergiodelrioreyes7655 Working =/= moving. I highly doubt that he takes all of his possessions with him for work.
@TihetrisWeathersby8 ай бұрын
Ian is an International treasure
@octagonseventynine12538 ай бұрын
Do you like Brian Synger and Roman Polanski and Kevin Spacey too?
@zoyadulzura74908 ай бұрын
His reaction when Graham asks him if he kept the letters--he seems to feel so bad about it! 😢
@БулатСайфугалиев8 ай бұрын
I think, I THINK, he’s Britain treasure. We just can watch and appreciate his work and talent, but Britain should be proud of this man. Most of my country’s actors and famous artists are all sold outs and propaganda toys and only few of them had talent, compare to this man non of them has.
@slamdunk22707 ай бұрын
I'm french, and I'd like to think he's a WORLD treasure
@geoffreywelsby58892 ай бұрын
If you don't mind me saying. I think he his more than an international treasure. Whenever that may be.
@calacestar8 ай бұрын
I'm 25 and I very vaguely remember a time when letters were a common thing. But only two weeks ago we received a handwritten letter from my 7 year old cousin. She randomly decided to write one and asked my aunt for our adress. I can't tell you how excited I got when I saw it. It was so wholesome and pure. Obviously we wrote one back. The funny thing is that we have video calls almost every week. But the magic of a letter still hasn't lost it's touch!
@dark14life5 ай бұрын
Letters are very personal things. We spend time writing them and we spend time reading them. They're physical objects once handled by a loved one. It's a bit of magic in today's world.
@tonybippitykaye7 ай бұрын
Ian seems like such a sweet and genuine man. Not to mention that subtle “I went in another direction” was hilarious.
@TotallyLostSoul8 ай бұрын
He's so right about waiting for a letter from someone you love. I still remember that feeling
@bojnebojnebojne3 ай бұрын
Yup, the power of anticipation and hope.
@random220266 ай бұрын
The recollection almost moved him to tears. Wonderful memory, shared with us. ❤❤
@pujitarao6008 ай бұрын
No but its so romantic like imagine someone who cares for you so much to write a handwritten letter with love and care and just sending it to you and vice versa.
@leprovokateur77458 ай бұрын
They kinda didn’t have choice back than lmao
@mascot49508 ай бұрын
In 70 years I'm sure someone will go "it's so romantic how they used to pick up a physical phone and tap out a message on a screen, using their fingers!"
@user-jl8ei4ym8m8 ай бұрын
Uhm that was the way of doing it back then, it's not like he had the letter out yesterday. Things were a little more valuable, since they had a chance of not getting to the right destination nor at the right time. Also the less options in people from almost everywhere made it feel like you and the person was the only ones it mattered about. Now everyone thinks 'well, if it doens't work, Ill just get the next one in queue''. And messages are just exhausting cause they come in abundances and instant, the brain is programmed to take things that come all the time as less important matter to think about, just a little sidefact.
@roddo19558 ай бұрын
This man has no clue how much he means to me on so many levels. What a sweet story and one with a message; instant gratification is overrated and there is always tomorrow to look forward to. He truly is a wizard sent by the Valar to encourage, guide and inspire people when times are dark. Wielder of the Flame of Anor.❤
@ImOnAJourney8 ай бұрын
He’s so right - waiting is half the fun!
@erykaton1708 ай бұрын
I'm old enough to have had dozens of love letters, back and forth, with my first love. Long distance phone calls were expensive, so few and far between, back then. But letters, there was nothing else like it. People say things in writing, that they may struggle with in person. Having that tangible proof in your hand, as they tell you about how they missed you, how they thought about you, as they went about their day, how lonely their nights were without you, and how they longed to hold you again. Memories shared of past encounters, with added details of what they were thinking and feeling at the time, but didn't say. Each one was a joy, a thrill, with a tiny thread of heartache, but then the anticipation of the next letter, and the dreams of reuniting. It's been thirty five years and I remember him fondly, and wonder still, where he is, and how he's been.
@mattbosley35318 ай бұрын
I am in my sixties and I still have all of the letters and cards I have received over the years saved. Although I have to admit that many of the ones from when I was younger were saved by my mother at first.
@erykaton1708 ай бұрын
@@mattbosley3531 Unfortunately, my mother was not a fan of my first love. She found my stash of letters, while I was away at college, and threw them out.
@plwadodveeefdv12 күн бұрын
I too was alive in the 90s
@annewren88458 ай бұрын
I had the honor of seeing Sir Ian play Hamlet in Windsor a couple of years ago, and what an extraordinary experience it was, just to be able to look into that amazing face is something I’ll never forget
@marcosferreira37938 ай бұрын
I could listen to him forever, he's an extraordinary man and storyteller. 🇧🇷
@acintoli3 ай бұрын
I turned to another direction myself, but the sheer excitement of waiting for letters to arrive from my first ever love, a girl from Lancashire, still warms my heart to this day, 49 years later. So I do relate to Sir Ian's feelings about love letters.
@profundus89468 ай бұрын
I love to see him so vital and healthy, even to this day. What an actor.
@TheYeetusLord6 ай бұрын
He's just the gentlest soul you could ever come across. I f**cking love Ian :D
@Aurora-qn2dx8 ай бұрын
Ian is an International treasure ,what a sweet story.
@Tanya.Pillay8 ай бұрын
His existence gives my heart the squishiest of marshmallow hugs ❤
@doga36418 ай бұрын
Anytime Sir Ian is on the show, it’s always a good episode!!! Love him
@Herziful8 ай бұрын
I “inherited” a love postcard that my great aunt’s lover sent to her 64 years ago. It is so full of love that I will never throw it away. That’s how beautiful it is.
@patriciamcgarr31838 ай бұрын
I received a letter from my older brother Mike. He’s 10 years older. He was diagnosed with non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver at the latest stage. It was such a beautiful letter and I treasure it always. He has since passed this past month. I also kept his voice mail so I can hear his voice. I miss him terribly. Horrible disease but he is now at peace.
@azreyevans18434 ай бұрын
RIP Mike. 💐
@warriorbard8 ай бұрын
I remember very fondly having this international pen pal programme at my school when I was little and corresponding with students from other countries. I loved it. Sir McKellen is right that the anticipation of waiting to get a response is something we don't really experience anymore. I miss getting actual handwritten letters or even postcards, another dying - dead? - art.
@karinberonius87998 ай бұрын
I miss it too. I'm considering joining postcrossing, even if it's not quite the same.
@DodderingOldMan8 ай бұрын
Yeah, I was in a similar program. I exchanged letters with girls from Japan and Argentina, and although I wasn't 'in love' with them it was always exciting to get a new letter from so far away.
@thesandwich53217 ай бұрын
Ohh the way he said, "What a very good question, but no..." just reminded me so much of my grandad. Oh that's a lot.
@norahsearle72378 ай бұрын
I hope Wendy get’s in touch with Ian 🙏🏻. Will be such a sweet thing 💐
@sadhanakikkeri76537 ай бұрын
@@werewolfroadwhy would you ruin it 😔
@nikkishrimp3238 ай бұрын
I love how his northern accent comes out when he’s talking about something dear to him 🥰
@markydh835 күн бұрын
On a previous appearance on this show, Graham asked him about it and he said going out of his way to lose his Wigan/Bolton hybrid accent was one of his biggest regrets. Having a very northern accent at Cambridge University would have been isolating and it was also just expected of thespians back then. Local accents were greatly discouraged. But yeah, every now and then the northern makes an appearance 🙂
@Martinbeef11 күн бұрын
I remember when I was with my choir in the Albert Hall many years ago. I gave Ian a hug and almost crushed him as I’m quite strong! He was so lovely and gentle. He’s exactly as you see him, a decent man and a superb actor.
@Roguewolf12907 ай бұрын
How could you not love ian , so humble and funny
@theagta8 ай бұрын
This is such a lovely story. 🥰 @GrahamNorton you *must* find Wendy and have a reunion on the show! It would be absolutely fabulous! Much love from Toronto 🇨🇦♥
@Ceroar8 ай бұрын
When he paused after being asked if he still had the letters I held my breath. I thought he was going to say something along the lines of, "alas, They are lost to time". I think I prefer, "oh... No!" 😂
@Aeyo8 ай бұрын
Letters don't matter as Wendy still lives in his heart.
@basantibhattacharyya77898 ай бұрын
Lovely personality and such a sweet memory !! Respect to the living legend.SALLUTE ❤❣️💐🙏
@karenshaw78077 ай бұрын
It's a thrill to see their handwriting and to know they cared enough to take the time. I must write to my old auntie now!
anyone in the military has had the exact feeling of anticipation for any letter, but from the one you love it is truly a moment. I can still remember how good her letters smelt.
@christopherporter24598 ай бұрын
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard
@dihboas7 ай бұрын
I love this man so much
@AngenequeNash7 ай бұрын
Me too
@susanmurtagh63857 ай бұрын
He is such a delight...❤❤
@nintendolover1148 ай бұрын
Im so happy im alive in a world with Sir Ian
@propman3523Ай бұрын
Oh, how sweet! I remember that age so well. Oh, how beautiful.
@igdunnoplatikitsbesthude-qk9vj14 күн бұрын
I could listen to Sir Ian tell stories all day 😢
@zachhiggins16682 күн бұрын
He's so well spoken
@al.x.8 ай бұрын
Sir Adorable❣️💌❣️💌❣️
@CT37BN8 ай бұрын
A tear there for a moment
@wishingonthemoon18 ай бұрын
What a beautiful story 🥹
@christophera.86304 ай бұрын
Here, you can definitely feel the emotions coming from Ian, especially as you progress towards the end of the video. I can almost feel the tears coming along. How could anyone laugh at a lovely moment of memory like this? Oh.... that's right, I remember...
@woodsy50365 ай бұрын
God bless you Ian what an incredible man you are I could listen to you speak all day
@soniatriana90917 ай бұрын
What a lovely story!!
@Kurlyq8 ай бұрын
So sweet.
@littleripper3122 ай бұрын
This is the cutest real life love story I've ever heard. I wish we could get an update.
@Jay-ql4gp8 ай бұрын
That was lovely. ❤
@jamesdrynan23 күн бұрын
Lovely reminiscence.
@TheGothicMother4 ай бұрын
He's right. I have physical letters from a friend of mine who died young. (Im only 39, so possibly the last of the letter writers.) And having the actual paper that she wrote on with her actual pen is so much more precious than the facebook messages to each other x
@fiore79395 ай бұрын
This man... ❤
@theyouth200027 күн бұрын
He's such a sweet man. ❤
@llchapman1234Ай бұрын
My best friend and I started writing to each other again recently. It IS a thrill to get a letter in the mail, open the envelope, read a letter written on paper, deciphering the scribbles. It's a huge deal sending getting letters because they take more effort and consideration.
@rafaelrito36238 ай бұрын
What a wholesome story.
@mikoajjan93296 ай бұрын
Im inspired by words of Sir Ian. Especially what he said about letters. Im writing little bit and it's what I needed. :)
@kumpircan6 ай бұрын
İ love Sır Ian Mckellen so much
@TheOptimistCynic8 ай бұрын
Sir Ian McKellen is always, always a great talk show guest. But it is at The Graham Norton Show where she shines the brightest.
@madamastersgaming8 ай бұрын
If Ian McKellen falls in love with a woman you know she is one of a kind
@TJSaw5 ай бұрын
He was 9.
@finanzferdinand98744 ай бұрын
Phew, relief about this story.
@gpeddino5 ай бұрын
That little pause before he says “I’m Wendy”… He’s such a great storyteller.
@moonch1526 күн бұрын
This should be a film! Two people that meet at a young age and the drift apart live their lives then meet up again late on in life and spend their last years together and catch up on lost time
@colinloh6427Ай бұрын
All hail Sir Ian McKellen. 😎😎🤩🤩👑👑🌟🌟💫💫✨✨⭐️⭐️
@MannyGennuso7 ай бұрын
Love at first sight even at 9. How does that work so instantaneously
@simomarkic7778 ай бұрын
Girls: "he probably doesn't even remeber me" Boys after 70+ years:
@samkaraca13378 ай бұрын
What a classy gentlemen... 🇺🇸 🇬🇧
@The_10th_Doctor.8 ай бұрын
He’s not American?
@jimmy-stevenbiemans14868 ай бұрын
The face Graham makes around the 1:25 timestamp is a rare expression I see more people make when Ian tells a story. For example, in the radio interview about his favorite word "Love", you see one of the interviewers do the same. Ian is a wonderful storyteller who can take his listeners to an emotionally innocent and endearing place with ease. It is utter bliss to be allowed to listen to his stories ❤️🩹
@dsmyify8 ай бұрын
He's Gandalf the wise.
@al.x.8 ай бұрын
Indeed! 🥰
@Disciplyne7 ай бұрын
Awesome story. I remember writing many love letters to girlfriends in my past, and keeping what they wrote back. I had a whole stack of them for many years. No idea where they are now, nor the letters.
@caesarjg53047 ай бұрын
I'm currently writing letters and cards with a few friends and relatives, including a close friend who I really adore. We include stickers, cute decorated notes, playlist recommendations, a small tic tac toe sheet we send back and forth and we write about anything that's currently going on in our lives. I feel the same kind of thrill whenever their mail arrives in my mailbox, even though I could just send a text message. It's not the same. It'll never be the same. Send as many letters to your friends and family as you can. And keep those you receive, so that one day you can read through them like a diary. ❤
@cymro65378 ай бұрын
I've still kept the letters from my first love of when I was seventeen - though, she broke my heart. Now, as I approach my 60th year ,a part of me is in love with her still....
@elphie938 ай бұрын
A friend of mine and her University love reunited after over thirty years apart - it's one of my favourite real life love stories and a reminder that there's always hope!
@kimfaustino79198 ай бұрын
Magneto❤❤❤
@magicmike71988 ай бұрын
Man... there is a movie right there... Ian is such a raconteur.
@RoJoMacCready7 ай бұрын
A wizard keeps exactly the amount of letters that he intends to, AND NO MORE.
@marycanary8613 күн бұрын
the gasp of relief from michael when he finally reunited with wendy lol old sob
@normadesmond60178 ай бұрын
how sweet....!
@Semeyaza4 ай бұрын
He is one of the last true gentleman. Bless his heart.
@jaysmithdesign8 ай бұрын
please, more to the story, please
@repboy18 ай бұрын
I used to love getting letters from friends and writing them your had to really think about what to say
@ijustneedmyself8 ай бұрын
Gotta love the little reminders that celebs are just humans like us. In this case, Ian casually clearing out the crust from the corners of his eyes like he's not being interviewed on a TV show... 😂
@David-sk9vv8 ай бұрын
I turn 50 in May; I remember letters and second deliveries. Were there ever good things about the good old days!? Bet your life there were.
@Meadjuice2 ай бұрын
Ians face when graham said "nobody cares about wendys letters" at the end
@ingridinguska54198 ай бұрын
Writing letters was the best,miss it😔
@ninetail0395Ай бұрын
Legend
@HBoyle7 ай бұрын
the sadness in his eyes when he realized that he actually had lost those letters to time TT~TT
@thomasjones45707 ай бұрын
"Did you keep the letters?"... "oh, NOOOOO...not! its a good question but I dont"... "did you just chuck them?".... "This, this is very a very disturbing..I didnt keep them!" Bro made Ian regret his entire life in less than 20 seconds.
@olgam83018 ай бұрын
I still have the love letters of my first boyfriend 😅 like almost 20 years ago
@CygnusX-118 ай бұрын
Sir Ian McKellen is Morgan freeman of england
@val2718 ай бұрын
💯
@Tao_Tology8 ай бұрын
of the UK
@FuzzyFoot588 ай бұрын
That is an insult to Ian. Morgan is certainly a good actor, but he's at least a full class below Ians caliber.
@CygnusX-118 ай бұрын
@@FuzzyFoot58 waw man
@mitchellbooth84358 ай бұрын
@@Tao_Tology No England, Sir Ian Murray McKellen CH CBE is an English actor. He is not Scottish nor is he Welsh or Northern Irish.
@marieo54178 ай бұрын
Cute 😊
@mistahkrazy8056 ай бұрын
A text or an email is nice when you want to send well wishes or generally something nice, but taking the time to write something to someone does let them know that they are important enough to take your time.
@malytheson26 күн бұрын
“A girl called Wendy” sounds so much like a narration of a story
@ToadstedCroaks7 ай бұрын
If we go by personal experience, and tons of tv / film tropes ... he certainly could still have those letters buried away in some part of an attic / storage, and had completely forgotten about their continued existence after so many years. I remember feeling bad about telling my first love that I no longer had the watch she gave me many years ago anymore, without being able to explain why. Then shortly after, I found it, inside the ammo box I kept all her letters in as well; tucked away in the back of a bookshelf / entertainment center I hadn't used other than for storage for the longest. That was a real conflict of feelings after I had rediscovered it.
@icemanespoo29776 ай бұрын
Letters were amazing. I went to Scotland on student exchange for few months. I had just started a relationship few months before. We would send letters back forth because it was just before email became a thing. We knew how long it took for the letters to go back and forth so there was the anticipation that you knew what day to expect to reply to your latest letter.
@Bcgirl927 ай бұрын
You could tell the last comment " No one cares about Wendys letters" Probably bothered him by the look on his face. She seems to have a big place in his memories and heart.
@chadparsons506 ай бұрын
What could have been. Better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved.