The man who plays Gandalf talks about his condition and how he
feared for the worst when he was first diagnosed.  06:18, UK,
Wednesday 12 December 2012  Sir Ian McKellen at the US premiere
of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  Sir Ian McKellen, fresh
from fighting the goblins of the Misty Mountains, has revealed
how he has been battling something closer to home - prostate
cancer.  The 73-year-old will be hitting cinema screens across
the UK on Friday with the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected
Journey.  But Sir Ian, who plays Gandalf the Grey in the Hobbit
trilogy, revealed he had been coping with cancer for the past
"six or seven" years.  He told the Daily Mirror: "You do gulp
when you hear the news. It's like when you go for an HIV test.
You go 'Aargh! Is this the end of the road?'"  Sir Ian said his
cancer was being monitored to ensure it does not spread.  But he
explained: "If it is contained in the prostate it's no big deal.
"Many, many men die from it, but it's one of those cancers that
is totally tr