Traffic jams have defeated the most effective of us… and it is really no exception for veteran Shakespearan Sir Ian McKellen.
The 84-12 months-aged actor has experienced to choose drastic, and speedy, steps to be certain he can make it throughout London in time for his each day functionality on stage – using on the back of a motorcycle.
Sir Ian is currently playing Shakespeare’s loveable rogue Falstaff in The Participant Kings at the Noel Coward Theatre in the West Finish, a new adaptation of Henry IV areas just one and two.
Sir Ian McKellen is pictured on the back again of a motorcyle as he helps make his way to his day by day general performance on stage
Sir Ian is at present actively playing Shakespeare’s loveable rogue Falstaff in The Player Kings at the Noel Coward Theatre in the West Finish
But the actor lives seven miles absent from the theatre in a Thameside home in the historic spot of Limehouse in the East Conclusion.
A single source claimed: ‘Sir Ian tried out having picked up by a car supplied by theatre bosses but it took so very long to get throughout town it was pointless.
‘One night time it took him 90 minutes to get from his property. After that, it was made the decision a motorbike was the only selection.’
Following its London operate Sir Ian, whose film credits involve the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, will choose The Player Kings to Bristol, Birmingham, Norwich and Newcastle – but most likely not by bike.
