“He’s in spankingly good form,” McKellen said on Wednesday evening at The Christophers New York premiere. “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.”
Since then, Depp has appeared in several independent films overseas, including “Minamata” and “Jeanne du Barry.”
His next film, Marc Webb’s “Day Drinker” with Penélope Cruz, is expected to get released later this year.
Ti West’s reimagining of Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol also stars Rupert Grint as Bob Cratchit, Andrea Riseborough as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Tramell Tillman as the Ghost of Christmas Present and McKellen as Jacob Marley.
“It was only six days, but it was well worth it,” McKellen said. “I play a ghost!”
McKellen is currently promoting Soderbergh’s dark comedy The Christophers, in which he stars alongside Michaela Coel and James Corden.
He plays a once-renowned English painter whose estranged children hire a forger (Coel) to pose as his assistant and complete his unfinished works to sell after his death.
The Christophers opens in theaters April 10.
