It feels almost like a scene from his new film, “The Christophers,” about an aging painter living in a similarly historic abode. “I do move my head too much.”Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen in the movie “The Christophers,” directed by Steven Soderbergh. (Neon)When shooting “The Christophers” in London early last year, McKellen asked Soderbergh the same question. “When we said goodbye, I said, ‘Now, can we do a play?’” McKellen says. “As they laid me out on the stage, I said, ‘I’m dying,’” McKellen says of a frightening 2024 stage fall.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 09, 2026 06:53 UTC