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Theatre: Sir Ian McKellen and Toheeb Jimoh interview; Part 1 of 7ENGLAND:INTSir Ian McKellen (Actor) and Toheeb Jimoh (Actor) interview SOTQ: DID YOU KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE THIS PRODUCTION- (McKellen) No, I didn't really even know of himQ: YOU'VE NEVER SEEN TED LASSO- (McKellen) WhoQ: TED LASSO- (McKellen) No I haven't seen Ted Lasso / what more is there to be said (laughter)- (Jimoh) I on the other hand did know Sir Ian McKellen (laughs)- (McKellen) I've never I think met anyone who I've immediately wanted to be a friend with as I did with Toheeb, I think that was sort of mutual wasn't it- (Jimoh) It definitely was yeah- (McKellen) And that's very good for the play, because we play very close friends, who shout at each other quite a lot, because they're very critical of each other / you can't beat, you cannot buy, you cannot act genuine relationships on the stage, you can't fake them / I like it when people came round and said that Prince Hal and Falstaff were such good friends was palpable and anyway, lets start the interview (laughs)Q: PRINCE HAL AND FALSTAFF, THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT SHAKESPEAREAN RELATIONSHIPS THAT HE WROTE ISN'T IT / CHEMISTRY IS ALL- (McKellen) Hal is the main part, Prince Hal turns into King Henry V, 'once more unto the breach dear friends', your next part- (Jimoh) And that's official, he said it (laughs)- (McKellen) The wonderful story of his youth and waywardness and falling into the friendly embrace of Falstaff who leads him astray, but for his own good perhaps you might think / it's the tension between the father figure that Falstaff represents and your real father the King- (Jimoh) And being caught between the two of them yeah / and also running away from this looming destiny of the fact he's going to inherit a countryQ: A COUNTRY IN TURMOIL- (Jimoh) A country in turmoil in the midst of war / it's difficult and I think he's trying to find solace at the bottom of a bottle ...