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Ian McKellen says he imagined destroying Mar-a-Lago for new Avengers movie

The Guardian Culture Monday 15 June 2026, 14:30 UTC By John Bleasdale 1 min read
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Exclusive: At an open-air film festival in Rome, the actor shared anecdotes of his time on the set of upcoming superhero film Avengers: DoomsdayOn Sunday night at an open-air cinema in Rome, Sir Ian McKellen showed a crowd of 2,000 film fans advance footage of his appearance in the superhero film Avengers: Doomsday. The film, which is released in December, sees a return for the X-Men played by McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The MCU’s 39th feature, it is...

Exclusive: At an open-air film festival in Rome, the actor shared anecdotes of his time on the set of upcoming superhero film Avengers: Doomsday

On Sunday night at an open-air cinema in Rome, Sir Ian McKellen showed a crowd of 2,000 film fans advance footage of his appearance in the superhero film Avengers: Doomsday.

The film, which is released in December, sees a return for the X-Men played by McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The MCU’s 39th feature, it is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, and intended as a sequel to their 2019 film Avengers: Endgame, which made $2.8bn and is the second highest-grossing film of all time.

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