{"id":290,"date":"2026-10-25T10:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T17:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mckellen.com\/wp3\/?p=290"},"modified":"2026-10-25T10:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T17:14:03","slug":"frank-and-percy-friends-old-and-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckellen.com\/wp3\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/frank-and-percy-friends-old-and-new\/","title":{"rendered":"“Frank and Percy”: Friends old and new"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Answer to the quiz in New Movie: A Question<\/a>
Peter Davison and Ncuti Gatwa were Dr Who 5 & 15. Joanna Lumley was an alternate version of 13th Dr for Comic Relief Red Nose Day<\/em> charity special, The Curse of Fatal Death<\/em>, broadcast on BBC One. Gotcha?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Frank and Percy<\/em> it’s a joy to be with Derek Jacobi, my oldest acting friend, and with Jessica Gunning, my newest.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sir Derek and I met in 1958 as undergraduate actors at Cambridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nearly 70 years on, still acting and still enjoying it in
Frank and Percy<\/em>. Photo by Frederic Aranda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jessica and I worked together for the first time in Steven Soderbergh\u2019s
The Christophers (2026)<\/em>, when she played my daughter. I\u2019d of course admired her in Baby Reindeer<\/em>, for which she won every available award. Quite right too. Photo by Frederic Aranda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Answer to the quiz in New Movie: A QuestionPeter Davison and Ncuti Gatwa were Dr Who 5 & 15. Joanna Lumley was an alternate version of 13th Dr for Comic Relief Red Nose Day charity special, The Curse of Fatal Death, broadcast on BBC One. Gotcha? In Frank and Percy it’s a joy to be … <\/p>\n

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