Sir Ian McKellen is set to play gay in
an upcoming British television series.
McKellen will star opposite Sir Derek
Jacobi in the sitcom Vicious Old Queens, a comedy about an
elderly gay couple living in Covent Garden, The
British Comedy Guide reported. Both Jacobi and McKellen
are gay in real life.
Vicious Old Queens will be 6
30-minute episodes set to air on ITV. It is written by Gary Janetti,
a former writer and executive producer of the Fox animated series
Family Guy and NBC's Will
& Grace.
The British show is set to premiere in
April of next year. There are currently no plans to broadcast the
series in the United States.
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McKellen calls being closeted “choking” a part of yourself.)