Secret LOTR Audition Tapes! Ian McKellen

[MsJonasbrothers1000]

"we find the Tom Bombadil party very important" The Most useless chapter in any book ever.

[Orgasmic45]

this is hilarious

[MrStockoHMK]

34 people haven't lived to see such times

[gibsonz0]

lol THE EYES OF MARCH

[Daiyuki117]

How did they get Sir Ian to do that? o.o

[smaakjeks]

That was amazing! I have tears from laughing.

[fob199]

lmao the gandalf quote

[pkplaceDOTblogspot]

4:06 skip to ian mckellen button. you're welcome.

[pkplaceDOTblogspot]

4:06 skip to ian mckellen button. your welcome.

[iv5620]

there was something that made me angry about saying ian mckellen wasn't good enough, even if it was done in jest. he's an absolute genius and it upset me to see him disregarded

[thelexus]

LMAO! The tree audition!

[YoungPhoenix3191]

Ian Mckellen is an Hell of an Actor!

[MrLovington]

Orc #6 yeaaaaaaaaah!

[MrLovington]

AOH Shut up ya FUCKIN' hobbit!

[EdwardWhelanPiano]

They got an acting A lister to do this?!?!?! How?!?!?!

I don't think he should be exploited for laughs, but if he was happy to do this then fair enough.

[Melensko]

OMG Ian is such a good sport for doing this little movie :)

[AnAbundanceOfKileys]

Oh my god, Sir Ian... I absolutely love the man! He's an acting genius.

[orion773]

"So do all who live to see such auditions, but that is not for them to decide. All you have to decide is what to do with the parts we've given you."

lol, sound familiar?

[Shinjui]

Oh i cringed so much! You said THIS to sir ian?!

[melissastrawbridge]

'No Ian. SING it.' :)

[Bigpineapple]

how did you get Ian McKellen to do this!?

How did you find/ask him!?

[magicianmusician21]

that pisses me off

i don't know why.

[gadask1]

I would call it a camp tree

[gadask1]

It is set up. A joke. Ian must be such a sport. He is taking the piss out of himself and the audition process.

It is how I saw it anyway.

Love the coughing.

[duwayneisagecko]

its a joke read the description..

its so funny how he coughs.

[TheWhiskeyFairy]

Did this actually happen....? Because if so how'd he get the part of Gandalf? Or are they just joking around..?

[snivellusfriend]

It's a joke, a skit.

[TwistingWays]

Did he say "Beware the Ides of March?" XD Julius Cesar reference anyone?

I love how he coughs spectacularly before he starts.

[michil93]

Oh, yes. I did see the movie "Julius Cesar" and I recongized the line, although I still haven't quite figured out what exactly "the Ides of March" means.^_^

[Larki13]

OMG. The guy quoted Gandalf after Ian asked for like the third time to play Gandalf. :p The line about "so do all those who live to see such auditions" only the real like was "so do all those who live to see such times". It was Gandalf's line to Pippin, I think.

[TwistingWays]

Frodo, actually.

[GameDork8]

the fat guy was wierd

[shithappens17]

the hell was the coughing for

[calvers7]

hahahahah this is great!

[JAZMINPISACO]

not so funny at the start, but when sir ian shows up, its hilarious!!! the tom bambadil part, and the oliphant!! XD 5 stars, man.

[JEROyROSA]

7:10..............o......k....­.......a TREE?!!

[ElessarandBrego]

wow. That was hilarious! I love Sir Ian- as an actor.

[girlzed]

LOOOOL That made me laugh out loud

[shrey2303]

Bombadil...Bombadil...Bombadil­...Bombadil...LOLLL

this is officially the best vid on youtube

[reklamedame]

this is great - I love Ian - but the other guys were great as well...

where did you get this material?

[xXzazomyXx]

"Nice swaying, Yes, I like the swaying..."

XD

[charkweek]

AHA, hilarious!

[elov246]

is this for real?

[ursucarnivor]

What is this shit

[playornotplay]

watch the hole video

[GoAllyGoGo]

Oh my god, that was the funniest thing ever!

[Vertan]

Lol! How funny ^^

Long live Sir Ian!

[SilverPheonix360]

Gandalf should have been voiced by Sir Ian!! you guys should make it so we love him as Gandalf he made him real.

[cmrxs]

8:42

lol lol lol!!!

little trunky ian!

:)

[Ninja2410la]

is this actually real?

[foxy6427]

no it was a skit, Ian Mckellen is such a good sport!!

[cuchulain55]

dwrves dont have scottish accents. they are like the jews and somewhat like old norse with thier old norse names. And what about billy boyds  , Pippins scottish accent.

[HemaDoh]

Jews? lol

[cuchulain55]

yes tolkien himself  compared them to the jews.

[cuongnhu246]

@cuchulain55 how are the dwarves like jews???

[cuchulain55]

@cuongnhu246 i didnt say tolkien did its in an interview i found i youtube. And whats the matter dwarves? Or Jew? The dwarves are awesome, and a beautiful people i always played one in D+D. And jewish people are a beautiful people with lovely language and religion culture.

And another thing Dwarven women DONT HAVE BEARDs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and tolkien never said they did.

[cuongnhu246]

@cuchulain55 okay okay calm down I meant no offence, I was just wondering.

Every race of middle earth is beautiful I believe, except those nasty Orcs and creatures of Morgoth. Namárië ^_^

[YoungGiftedandBlack]

AMAZING!

[kadayao]

this is hilarious! how did they get him to do this? he's a brilliant actor.. omg! this is really funny

[cck92]

i think the only reason the second guy went there was to eat

[ZahirOfAGeisha]

alas, true tallent is rarely appreciated

[Skiebler]

Wow, Ian is such an awesome actor!... Oh, I'm sorry, I mean Sir Ian ;-)

He's one of the greatest actors of our time. Anything that has him in it are some of the greatest and best works I've ever seen

[Singsonggirl]

"You want me to be a tree?" poor Sir Ian looool

[Lovebug3003]

so funny - if only we were all in the real film XD

[Metal2Soul]

WTF is this ???

[DJAlanGreenspan]

When he was on SNL, Sir Ian complained that he wasn't funny. But clearly he's picked up a thing or two, because he's hilarious here!

[Ostrichfactory]

yur not funny. Keep making home movies losers

[DJAlanGreenspan]

How many times has Sir Ian appeared in your videos?

[gpvx2007]

real cool Sir Ian

[rumbug]

I'm laughing my ass off with the fact that some people think that this is REAL! It's a great spoof! Well done Sir Ian for being such a good sport!

[gibbsies]

lol i love that, so do all who live to see such auditions but that is not for them to decide, all u have to decide is what to do with the parts that is given to you

[HalogenBurn]

Oh my god its actually him, I thought it was a lie. (as it usually is on youtube)

[EvilEddtheRed]

Nothing like him.

[eventhorizon]

And do you think the girl was seriously being considered for Gimli too? It's a joke, a spoof, and Sir Ian went along with it. Ok, really think- asides from who would offer Sir Ian an Oliphant roll, do you think he'd go in to READ for one? That man shouldn't even have to READ for a part anymore.

[alchemist10011]

I am confused. Why would they have an audition for Radagast the Brown and Tom Bombadil if both characters will not appear in the film. And an Oliphant role, the animal does not need an actor but sound effects.

[JRodB]

...it's a joke man

[jessrickohara]

wtf is that?

i mean, this is joke, right?

how could anyone dare to offer the OLIPHANT ROLE for sir ian? that's horrible.

and didn't jackson talk to sir ian for GANDALF role long before?

i just can't figure.

[bonnielassyelena]

..but I swear Ian DID the part of Gandalf! xx

[kokororyu]

WOW! And so do all who see such auditions... LOL

[ChimneyClot]

Wow. This is really good.

[sacaku]

did it look to you like Sir Ian kept flicking off that dude sitting down?

[LEMMINGROCKER]

lmao, Sir Ian the was hilarious.

[Lovebug3003]

n_n

[bhenry]

This is awesome!! I love Sir Ian!