Ian Mckellen in 'Richard III'-Lady Anne mourns, gets wooed Video

McKellen delights in showing Richard's humor and arrogance as he dances off at the end of this scene to the jazz music of the first. What Is Worth Dying For... Is Worth Killing For. Kristin Scott Thomas ... Lady Anne from an interview with Sir Ian McKellen: ---You're not suggesting that the audience should have sympathy for him?--- I'm not suggesting that they do anything, but if they don't I'd be very disappointed. He's very engaging. I think they will catch their breath, hopefully, at his bravado. I hope at times that they will be so convinced by his acting that they will forget what he's up to, which is why he has to keep reminding the audience. "You know what I've just done..." I hope they're going to see not just one person all the way through. They're going to see the different facets of this man's ability and his potential which he channels to absolutely the wrong purposes; but he is undoubtedly an attractive figure and that's why Lady Anne is momentarily seduced by him. ---Yes. I find that rather hard to believe.--- You find it hard to believe on the stage but you won't when you see it on the screen. The reasons are many, but one is Richard's overwhelming force; the other is her own heightened emotion, she's at a very vulnerable state emotionally. She's exhausted with grief. She cannot keep it up even faced with a man who legitimately killed her husband in battle. She is totally destitute at the point when she was about to become First Lady, Queen of England. She ...