Sir Ian McKellen becomes first movie star to receive Covid-19 vaccine

Sir Ian McKellen, who has worked in films like X-Men and Lord of the Rings, is among the first actors to have received the Covid-19 vaccine. The 81-year-old actor was vaccinated for the disease by Pfizer in the first week of the UK’s vaccination programme at the Arts Research Centre. An excited McKellen told the Daily Mail that he "feels lucky" to have gotten the vaccination.

Anyone who has lived as long as I have is alive because they have had previous vaccinations, the take-up amongst the older generation will be 100 per cent — it ought to be — because you’re having it not just for yourself but for people who you are close to — you’re doing your bit for society,” McKellen said in a statement.Saying he feels “very lucky” to have had the vaccine, he also did his bit to encourage others to get it.Saying he feels “very lucky” to have had the vaccine, he also did his bit to encourage others to get it. The United Kingdom became the first country to roll out the COVID vaccine earlier this month.