Ian McKellen Says He 'Fell in Love' With Johnny Depp After Working Together on New Movie

Sir Ian McKellen has nothing but good things to say about Johnny Depp.

The two actors just worked together on Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol, and the 86-year-old actor gushed about the experience in a new interview, saying he “fell in love with” Johnny.

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“He’s in spankingly good form,” Ian said to Variety.

“Effervescent, funny, irreverent, serious — all at the same time. It was a bit of a love fest, really. I fell in love with him. He’s very obliging to his fellow actors. [There was] a wonderful feeling on the set,” he added of the experience of working with Johnny.

Johnny stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in the movie, expected to be released in November.

Here’s a synopsis: “A thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London, following one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present and future as he fights for a second chance at redemption.”

Ebenezer will be Johnny‘s first major Hollywood role in nearly a decade since 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. He has starred in several independent movies over the past few years.

Johnny Depp lost a libel case against The Sun in 2020 amid allegations made by ex-wife Amber Heard and in 2022, a jury found that both parties defamed each other.