Ian Mc Kellen Roasted Trump In New Avengers Film

Sir Ian McKellen recently shared that his hatred for Mar-A-Lago, a luxury resort owned by US president Donald Trump, inspired him on the set of upcoming superhero flick Avengers: Doomsday.

Speaking about the project at an open-air Rome cinema, McKellen – whose X-man role has been reprised in the movie – said that during filming, directors Anthony and Joe Russo “got me at one point to destroy New Jersey”.

To make his rage in the scene convincing, the Lord of the Rings star added, the directors “told me to look more furious: make it look as if you hate what you’re destroying.

“So I stood there and I shouted: ‘Mar-a-Lago!’”, The Guardian reported.

It’s not the first time the actor has had a harsh word or two for the two-time American leader.

In 2016, while promoting his film The Dresser, Ian said: “This time last week, I voted for the new mayor of London [Sadiq Khan], who’s a Muslim. And that’s all I need to say about Donald Trump.”

That year, Trump had called for a “Muslim ban”.

Ian, who, it turns out, had more to say, added: “The most important man in London, the London mayor, is a Muslim, and he got voted in with a huge majority. I think that’s the future … enjoy the fact that we live in a multicultural world and rejoice in it. That’s my feeling.”

HIs new Avengers film comes as part of a busy year for Ian after his 2024 fall during a production of Payers Kings.

This year, though, the actor is back in full force. So far, he has starred in highly-rated movie The Christophers, opened a theatre space in Durham, and spent time marching for LGBT+ rights across the commonwealth.

Speaking to HuffPost UK in 2024 about the issues trans people are facing, he said: “When society disregards a minority – and, worse than that, imposes laws and restrictions on their behaviour, which is really unfair – then that’s when society is going off the rails, and we have to attend to it.”