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Lord of the wrinkles...
Irish Sunday Mirror
|September 24, 2023
Gandalf legend is defeated by man wielding a scalpel
AS GANDALF, the heroic wizard in The Lord of the Rings series, Sir Ian McKellen battled orcs and destroyed the Dark Lord.
But it seems the actor is far better at delivering lines than tackling the ones on his face.
The 84-year-old told how he was tired of seeing the rings round his eyes and saggins in cheeks - but he recalled running out of a plastic surgeon's office in terror when he was told what would happen during a facelift.
This story is from the September 24, 2023 edition of Irish Sunday Mirror.
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