Tim Pigott-Smith: how Ian McKellen made me raise my acting game
In the first of a new series in which actors write about pivotal moments in their career, Tim Pigott-Smith recalls the year he appeared alongside Ian McKellen … and met his future wifeBy early 1971, I had been acting professionally for 18 months " theatre work and my first telly, an episode of Dr Who. My first year's employment was as one of six acting/assistant stage managers at the Bristol Old Vic (Jeremy Irons w…