Sir Ian McKellen stars as gay film critic in new drama

Sir Ian McKellen will be on the big screen once again but this time he will be playing a gay film critic from the 1930s.

McKellen is starring as Jimmy Erskine in The Critic, which was released in the UK last Friday (September 13), after first premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023.

The Critic sees a “powerful London theatre critic”, played by McKellen, luring “a struggling actress (Gemma Arterton) into a blackmail scheme that has deadly consequences”, according to the official synopsis.

Not only is the movie steeped in intrigue, it is also a win for gay representation as Erskine is a closeted gay man who cruises parks at night for sex and also employs his young lover Tom – played by How

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