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Ian McKellen: half of Hollywood is gay, yet in movies gay men don't exist

The veteran star rails against studio representation of minorities, saying ‘they only recently discovered that there were black people in the world’

Catherine Shoard

‘Nobody looks to Hollywood for social commentary, do they?’ … Ian McKellen. Photograph: Lauren Hurley/PA

Ian McKellen, who has for many years been the most famous openly gay movie star, has attacked Hollywood timidity in depicting minorities onscreen.

In an interview with Time Out, McKellen, 78, was asked about the controversy surrounding the decision not to show the young Dumbledore as “explicitly gay” in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel.

McKellen, who had been approached to play Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, said: “Well, nobody looks to Hollywood for social commentary, do they? They only recently discovered that there were black people in the world.”

He continued: “Hollywood has mistreated women in every possible way throughout its history. Gay men don’t exist

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