while sitting outside the theater in melbourne, where he is currently rehearsing waiting for godot, sir ian mckellan was mistaken for a homeless beggar! a passerby dropped a dollar coin into his hat as he sat on a bench. mckellan expressed his joy to the daily telegraph saying "i hope the melbourne audiences will be as generous. the dollar coin is now lodged between two drawing pins on the board above my dressing room mirror. my lucky talisman." love him!!