It was doctor’s orders, but sadly Ian McKellen couldn’t attend the Toronto Film Festival premiere of “The Christophers,” a new Steven Soderbergh film that gives the Oscar nominee his meatiest role in years. In a pre-taped introduction, McKellen said his “medical advisers” told him he shouldn’t fly.
“Better safe than sorry,” the 86-year-old actor said. McKellen went on to note that the last time he was in the city was in 1999 when he was shooting “X-Men,” the comic book adventure that saw him originate the role of Magneto, a part he will reprise in the upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday.”
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