{"id":2367168,"date":"2026-04-10T14:24:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2367168"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:24:36","slug":"ian-mckellen-fell-in-love-with-johnny-depp-for-this-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ian-mckellen-fell-in-love-with-johnny-depp-for-this-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McKellen ‘Fell in Love’ With Johnny Depp for This Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sir Ian McKellen<\/strong> fondly recalled working with Johnny Depp<\/strong> on\u201d Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol<\/strong>\u201c. In a recent interview, the acting legend praised the \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d star for his endearing qualities and willingness to help out fellow cast members. The upcoming film marks Depp\u2019s first major Hollywood role following his widely publicized legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard.<\/p>\n

Ian McKellen praises Johnny Depp after working together<\/h2>\n

At the premiere of his latest film, \u201cThe Christophers\u201d, Sir Ian McKellen showered praise on Johnny Depp<\/a>\u2018s acting capabilities. The \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d star highlighted the \u201cCharlie and the Chocolate Factory\u201d actor\u2019s infectious personality that ensured a good time on the set of \u201cEbenezer: A Christmas Carol\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s in spankingly good form,\u201d McKellen said of his co-star to Variety<\/a>. \u201cEffervescent, funny, irreverent, serious \u2014 all at the same time.\u201d The two-time Oscar nominee added that his experience with Depp was \u201ca bit of a love fest.\u201d He further stated, \u201cI fell in love with him. He\u2019s very obliging to his fellow actors. [There was] a wonderful feeling on the set.\u201d<\/p>\n

McKellen also briefly touched upon his involvement in filming. \u201cIt was only six days,\u201d he recalled. \u201cBut it was well worth it. I play a ghost!\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cEbenezer: A Christmas Carol\u201d forays into theaters on November 13. The Christmas fantasy feature is helmed by Ti West, whose filmmaking credits include Mia Goth\u2019s \u201cX\u201d trilogy (2022-2024), \u201cThe Roost\u201d, \u201cTrigger Man\u201d, and \u201cThe Innkeepers\u201d. Meanwhile, Nathaniel Halpern wrote the screenplay, based on Charles Dickens\u2019 1843 novel, \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d.<\/p>\n

Depp headlines as the eponymous protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge, a lonely, miserly old man who despises Christmas. Meanwhile, McKellen takes on Jacob Marley, who in the book is Scrooge\u2019s deceased former business partner. Marley\u2019s ghost kicks off the narrative by visiting Scrooge on Christmas Eve and informing him of a chance at redemption, in which three spirits will visit him and put him on the path to becoming a kinder, gentler man.<\/p>\n

Besides Depp and McKellen, the film also stars Rupert Grint<\/a> as Bob Cratchit, Andrea Riseborough as Ghost of Christmas Past, and Tramell Tillman as Ghost of Christmas Present. Rounding out the cast are Daisy Ridley, Sam Claflin, Charlie Murphy, Arthur Conti, and Ellie Bamber.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sir Ian McKellen fondly recalled working with Johnny Depp on\u201d Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol\u201c. In a recent interview, the acting legend praised the \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d star for his endearing qualities and willingness to help out fellow cast members. The upcoming film marks Depp\u2019s first major Hollywood role following his widely publicized legal battle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2367169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[460059,348136,309290,22056,352002],"class_list":["post-2367168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-ebenezer-a-christmas-carol","tag-ian-mckellen","tag-johnny-depp","tag-pop-culture","tag-pop-culture-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ian-McKellen-Fell-in-Love-With-Johnny-Depp-for-This.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367170,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367168\/revisions\/2367170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}