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ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL, AUTHENTIC GAY MEN WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD AND DIRECTOR OF THE NEW IAN MCKELLEN FILM MR. HOLMES, WE MEET BILL CONDON
WORDS: SIMON BUCKLEY
BILL CONDON
Sir Ian McKellen owes his first Oscar nomination, for the biopic about troubled gay filmmaker James Whale, Gods and Monsters, to the sterling direction of Bill Condon. That was 17 years ago and they became fast friends, although they bided their time on working together again until this month’s Mr. Holmes – an adaptation of the novel A Slight Trick of the Mind that reimagines the fictional sleuth as a real person.
It’s 59-year-old Bill’s tenth film as a director and another example of his versatility. Gods and Monsters was a gay-themed drama but he also helmed the last two Twilight films, directed Jennifer Hudson to awards glory in Dreamgirls, scripted Chicago and dipped his toe into The Big C for a couple of episodes, plus he explored the whole breadth of human sexuality in Kinsey.
He’s a gay moviemaker who makes more than just gay movies, with his next venture – a live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast starring Emma Watson, Emma Thompson and, yes, McKellen again – being a mainstream Disney musical. If it’s anything like the animated version it’ll have audiences singing and swooning, unlike Mr. Holmes, which tugs at the heartstrings. I mention that at the screening I attended a couple of hardened critics were blubbing into their tissues, eliciting “Oh good, it’s nice when that happens!” to a delighted Bill.
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