The actor confirms to EW that he modeled the wizard after the author of "The Lord of the Rings." Indeed it is! Listening to Tolkien’s voice both shaped McKellen’s depiction of Gandalf, and assured him ...

Poetically, Tolkien’s long struggle to realize his vision — the self-doubt that led to long pauses in composition, his frustrations with publishers and his general inability to be satisfied enough ...

Over the radio, J R R Tolkien’s precise and musical voice told us why he’d never have gone to hunt a dragon. By Antonia Quirke “What would you have done if you had been a little boy, and a wizard had ...

Over the radio, J R R Tolkien's precise and musical voice told us why he'd never have gone to hunt a dragon. By Antonia Quirke “What would you have done if you had been a little boy, and a wizard had ...

Listening to Tolkien’s voice both shaped McKellen’s depiction of Gandalf, and assured him that the adaptations were in keeping with the author’s original intent. “We found a recording of Tolkien ...