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Faramir Fan · 09-22-2003, 11:55 AM

I am just curious as to why you are dissapointed that Ian McKellan as an openly gay man was cast.<P>Personally I think it is wonderful. As a parent of an 11 year old son, who knows "the actor who plays Gandalf" is gay, I find it facinating to see how his reaction to it is so different than mine would have been at that age. I probably would have giggled or made a face. But times have changed and it can be seen in the opinions in our youth. The fact that Ian McKellan is gay means nothing to him...and I think that is pretty cool.<P>As far as Liv and Elijah, what they do in real life or have done in other movies means very little to me, I only care about how they portray their respective characters...

09-22-2003, 11:55 AM	#11
Faramir Fan Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 72	I am just curious as to why you are dissapointed that Ian McKellan as an openly gay man was cast.<P>Personally I think it is wonderful. As a parent of an 11 year old son, who knows "the actor who plays Gandalf" is gay, I find it facinating to see how his reaction to it is so different than mine would have been at that age. I probably would have giggled or made a face. But times have changed and it can be seen in the opinions in our youth. The fact that Ian McKellan is gay means nothing to him...and I think that is pretty cool.<P>As far as Liv and Elijah, what they do in real life or have done in other movies means very little to me, I only care about how they portray their respective characters... __________________ "A new character has come on the scene (I am sure I did not invent him, I did not even want him, though I like him, but there he came walking into the woods of Ithilien): Faramir, the brother of Boromir..." J.R.R. Tolkien, Letters No. 66