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While McKellen says he may have considered officiating, the caveat of appearing in Gandalf garb turned him off to the idea entirely.

Acclaimed actor and Magneto and Gandalf himself Sir Ian McKellen was recently at Oxford University to recite some Shakespeare and give the students a great piece of advice when it comes to studying. Of course, he had to channel his inner wizardry to relay that message to them.

James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender play Professor X and Magneto, respectively, in the new X-Men movies. Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan play the same characters in the old, and newest X-Men movie. Here they are doing hilarious impressions of one another!