During the dress rehearsal of "Godot," I crouched by the stage door of the Comedy Theatre, getting some air, my bowler hat at my feet.

That Time A World Famous Actor Was Mistaken For A Beggar

Would you give this "beggar" money?  A passerby in Melbourne, Australia, certainly did, offering an Aussie dollar to the bedraggled man crouching by the stage door of the Comedy Theatre in 2010. Presumably unbeknownst to the generous stranger, however, the "tramp" was in fact a costumed Sir Ian McKellen, the internationally acclaimed British actor who has been nominated for just about every acting award worth winning.