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Ian McKellen Reveals ‘Star Wars’ Actor Alec Guinness Found His LGBTQIA+ Activism ‘Unseemly’

Ian McKellen revealed that an acclaimed actor who he admired gave him some advice about his LGBTQIA+ activism that he did not exactly take to heart. McKellen, 86, came out as a gay man publicly in

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Ian McKellen says ‘latent bisexual’ Alec Guinness begged him not to campaign for gay rights

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Sir Ian McKellen Reveals The Worst Advice He’s Ever Received From A ‘Star Wars’ Legend

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Ian McKellen recalls Alec Guinness advising against LGBTQ+ activism

Private lunch warning: McKellen says Guinness invited him to lunch in Pimlico to advise against his public campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights. Advice not followed: McKellen ignored the plea, came out in ...

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The shocking and heartbreaking life of Alec Guinness

A new play explores the tortured psyche of an actor long ashamed of his sexuality – and of his best-known role ...

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Obi-Wan Kenobi Told Gandalf Not to Get Political

While acting in the ground-breaking play Bent, about gay men imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, he was invited to ...

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McKellen says Alec Guinness urged him to drop gay rights work

Private plea revealed: Ian McKellen says Alec Guinness privately urged him in 1988 to abandon public LGBTQ+ activism, calling it inappropriate for actors. Activism over advice: McKellen disregarded ...

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