Sir Ian McKellen shares an uncanny resemblance to another famous wizard!

Ian McKellan tells the story of two fans asking him if he was Michael Gambon, even after he told them the actor had died.

Among the guests on Graham's sofa is knight of the stage and screen Ian McKellen, taking the role of Falstaff in Player Kings, a new version of Shakespeare's Henry IV plays.

Also, award-winning actor Michael Sheen, talking about his new Welsh BBC drama series The Way, which he also directed, Ambika Mod, starring in the Netflix version of David Nicholls’ romantic bestseller One Day, and top comic Josh Widdicombe.

With music from chart-topper Gabrielle, who performs her single 'A Place in Your Heart'.

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Graham Norton welcomes the biggest stars of film, TV and music on to his sofa for chat, performances and comedy.

[dcle]

Oh, my god, this is how I learned both Dumbledores are dead.

[livb]

Weirdly, the second I saw Sir Ian in the clip my first thought was "he looks very much like Gambon here" and then he told this story!

[mariocarlin]

That's silly girl fancy not knowing you're talking to Peter O'Toole😂😅

[dannyd]

Would of said. Yes. I'm waiting for Harry Potter.. 😂

[rococoblue]

😂 oof that is going to be an awkward lawsuit with the surviving family of the ghost.😂

[arthurvasey]

Showbiz people are often mistaken for each other - sometimes people often confuse similarly-named celebrities for each other!

[bidishah]

You could almost say they were... Waiting for Gambon. 😂 (pls someone get the joke) 🫣

[Mortyrian]

I had to look up who that was. So my suspicion is that the girls were Harry Pooter fans and they didn't realize Ian took over Michael's role as Dumbledor when he died.