Mark Strong has described how honoured he was when he heard Sir Ian McKellen called him “the greatest living actor in England right now”.
“That is an unbelievable compliment and I hope he wasn’t being mischievous when he said it,” said Mark, who worked with Sir Ian in theatre in the 1990s.
He went on: “He is one of my great inspirations because he is such a consummate actor and I would definitely say some of the reason I’ve got any idea what to do in this business is because of him.”