Christopher Plummer says he regretted turning down Gandalf in The Lord of The Rings‘I don’t know why I turned it down I thought maybe 3 or 4 years in New Zealand I thought there was other countries I would like to visit before I croak’‘It was a marvelous part and I love The Lord of The Rings I grew up on it actually it was a great book and then became a great film’‘Ian played it Ian McKellen who was absolutely marvelous in it and he couldn’t have been warmer which I might not have brought to it