Sir Ian McKellen, who plays Gandalf the Grey in "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug," discusses whether the wizard may or may not be gay, in this excerpt from a conversation with WSJ's Barbara Chai.
Saruman returns in Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, but don’t expect to see Gandalf – he’s name-dropped towards the end of the movie, and there’s a good reason why he doesn’t appear.