Sir Ian McKellen as Darwin

12 February 2009, 15.05 | Posted in Acting, Magazines | No comments »

The February Smithsonian Magazine has a great story on Darwin who was born 200 years ago today. I would like to see all the hate mail he received when “On the Origin of Species” hit the shelves in 1859.

All that aside, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities of Darwin in the below photo and Sir Ian McKellen. I know Sir Ian is attached to the Hobbit movie coming out in 2012 but is it just me or would he be the perfect man for the job?