Getty Ian McKellen is naming names. In a new interview with The Guardian, the 86-year-old Lord of the Rings actor, who publicly came out as gay in 1988, revealed that Star Wars actor Alec Guinness advised him to stay quiet and not advocate for gay rights. Alec, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first three Star Wars movies, allegedly told Ian to "withdraw" his support for the U.K. gay rights lobby group Stonewall, which was fighting for government protections to ensure gay citizens were treated equally under the law.