When I was a little kid, I thought Gandalf and Dumbledore were the same ... He said he didn’t think he’d ever seen himself on ...

There are people on either side of the Tolkien/Rowling debate who ... It's almost a running joke in The Hobbit that Gandalf isn't that involved in the story. He brings the dwarves to Bilbo's ...

However, he opted for the role of Dumbledore and the Gandalf part went instead to Ian McKellen. “Dad was offered Gandalf and Dumbledore at the same time, but he didn’t want to spend all that ...