[Rynoah, the Overly-Happy]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>By the way you should see the movie "The Scarlet Pimpernel". It's pretty old but Ian Mckellan is in it (much younger) as Chauvelin. That is a great movie too, as it's very interesting to see a young McKellan in it.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I almost choked when I saw him in that movie. He did a great job and all, but I had never seen him so young before. Quite a good movie, I agree.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Sir Ian McKellen says something among the lines: "It was very touching when Sam grabbed Frodo's hand, just like Tolkein wrote it in the book. In fact a women wrote saying how important it was that Sam grabbed his hand. Being a homosexual myself I thought this was important too."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Actually, you're getting two actors' lines mixed up. It was Sean Astin who spoke of a girl who wrote to him telling him how grateful she was that Sam grabbed Frodo's hand in that scene. Sir Ian McKellan was the one who, after <I>reading the action in the book</I>, suggested that Sean grab Elijah's hand in that scene. He then went on to say how sometimes heterosexual actors don't pick up on the importance of such actions while homosexual ones do; that is why he suggested it to Astin and Wood.