{"id":1591,"date":"2026-10-30T15:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T15:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2026-10-30T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T15:17:24","slug":"ian-mckellen-remembers-patrick-stewart-teases-final-avengers-doomsday-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1591","title":{"rendered":"Ian McKellen remembers Patrick Stewart, teases final &#8216;Avengers: Doomsday&#8217; role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-10-30\/Getty_IanMcKellenPStew_103026.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen speak at John L. Tishman Auditorium at University Center on January 28, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok\/Getty Images for SAG Foundation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ian McKellen, who starred alongside Patrick Stewart in the <em>X-Men<\/em> films, paid an emotional tribute to his longtime friend and co-star Thursday, reflecting on their decadeslong friendship and shared love of theater.<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfGRUe0B63I\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram post<\/a>, McKellen recalled first meeting Stewart as young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company more than 50 years ago and watching his career take off after he accepted a role in <em>Star Trek.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk\u2014getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?&#8221; McKellen recalled asking Stewart at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did,&#8221; McKellen wrote, praising Stewart&#8217;s success across film, television and theater.<\/p>\n<p>McKellen also remembered Stewart&#8217;s Yorkshire roots and the qualities that made him a cherished friend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>McKellen concluded his tribute by reflecting on Stewart&#8217;s final film appearance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His farewell performance in &#8216;Avengers: Doomsday&#8217; is yet to be seen,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart&#8217;s spokesperson announced his death in a statement on social media Thursday, saying the actor died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles following a &#8220;brief and poignant journey&#8221; with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and Lewy body dementia. Stewart was 86.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen speak at John L. Tishman Auditorium at University Center on January 28, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok\/Getty Images for SAG Foundation) Ian McKellen, who starred alongside Patrick Stewart in the X-Men films, paid an emotional tribute to his longtime friend and co-star Thursday, reflecting on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}