Sir Ian McKellen has nothing but good things to say about Johnny Depp.

The two actors just worked together on Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol, and the 86-year-old actor gushed about the experience in a new interview, saying he “fell in love with” Johnny.

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“He’s in spankingly good form,” Ian said to Variety.

“Effervescent, funny, irreverent, serious — all at the same time. It was a bit of a love fest, really. I fell in love with him. He’s very obliging to his fellow actors. [There was] a wonderful feeling on the set,” he added of the experience of working with Johnny.

Johnny stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in the movie, expected to be released in November.

Here’s a synopsis: “A thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London, following one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present and future as he fights for a second chance at redemption.”

Ebenezer will be Johnny‘s first major Hollywood role in nearly a decade since 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. He has starred in several independent movies over the past few years.

Johnny Depp lost a libel case against The Sun in 2020 amid allegations made by ex-wife Amber Heard and in 2022, a jury found that both parties defamed each other.