Read Ian McKellen’s touching report on his first Beauty and the Beast rehearsal

Simply sit back, relax and allow yourself to be McKellen’s guest:

It was announced over the weekend that Ian McKellen would be joining the already star-studded cast of Disney’s new Beauty and the Beast.

The legendary actor will play the Cogsworth (the grandfather clock) in the live-action remake and yesterday he attended his first table reading alongside Emma Watson, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson and Josh Gad.