PREVIEW

He explained in a video introduction to the film that his absence was on the orders of his medical advisers, Variety reports. "Better safe than sorry," McKellen said, as he addressed the audience at the Princess of Wales Theatre in his pre-recorded message. "If you enjoy it, will you tell your friends?" he asked. "That's partly what festivals are about, isn't it?". McKellen stars in the Steven Soderbergh-directed film alongside Michaela Coel, James Corden and Jessica Gunning. He plays the role of a once-famous painter, Julian Sklar, whose children hire a forger (Coel) to use her masterful imitation skills to complete some unfinished,...