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Sir Ian mistaken for tramp

SIR Ian McKellen was mistaken for a tramp as he sat outside a theatre in costume, the Telegraph reports.

The 70-year-old actor is rehearsing Waiting For Godot in Melbourne, Australia, and was sitting in his tramp costume having a break when a passer-by gave him an Australian dollar.

He said: “During the dress rehearsal of Godot, I crouched by the stage door of the Comedy Theatre, getting some air, my bowler hat at my feet (and) seeing an unkempt old man down on his luck, a passer-by said, ‘Need some help, brother?’ and put a dollar in my hat.”

Sir Ian said: “I hope the Melbourne audiences will be as generous.

“The dollar coin is now lodged between two drawing pins on the board above my dressing room mirror. My lucky talisman.”

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