Ian McKellen has said that he’ll be disappointed if he’s not asked to play Gandalf in The Hobbit. He revealed that, “When Peter announced he had withdrawn from The Hobbit, he sent me an e-mail saying ‘Because I am not going to do it, it doesn’t mean you have to do the same. Of course, you must play Gandalf, whether I direct or not’. You can read the full story here .

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