Ian McKellen turned down an astonishing $1.5 million offer to officiate a billionaire's wedding dressed as Gandalf, whom the actor famously played in Lord of the Rings. McKellen was allegedly offered the money by Sean Parker, co-founder of the record-streaming service Napster and the first president of Facebook. The wedding, which took place in California, reportedly cost $7.5 million and was attended by Sting and Emma Watson. Sadly for the couple, McKellen was not present. "I was offered $1.5 million to marry a very famous couple in California, which I would perhaps have considered doing but I had to go dressed as Gandalf," the 77-year-old, who conducted the 2013 civil wedding of Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart and Sunny Ozell, told the Mail on Sunday. "So I said, 'I am sorry, Gandalf doesn’t do weddings'." Speaking last night outside the Theatre Royal in Newcastle, where he is performing in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land, McKellen said: "He was a very rich man, that's all I know... I don’t go dressing up – except in plays and things at places like this."
Source: Telegraph
