This Article is From Aug 23, 2016

Ian McKellen Turned Down 1.5 Million to Officiate at Wedding as Gandalf

Ian McKellen Turned Down 1.5 Million to Officiate at Wedding as Gandalf

Ian McKellen in a still from Lord of the Rings.

Highlights

  • Sean Parker wanted Sir Ian to officiate the wedding
  • I don't go dressing up - except in plays, said Ian McKellen
  • Gandalf doesn't do weddings, he added
Los Angeles: Sir Ian McKellen turned down $1.5 million deal to officiate a wedding dressed as Gandalf - his famous character from The Lord of the Rings. The 77-year-old was asked to appear at the wedding of Napster founder Sean Parker, but he refused, reports Daily Mail.

"I was offered one-and-a-half million dollars to marry a very famous couple in California, which I would perhaps have considered doing, but I had to go dressed as Gandalf. So I said, 'I am sorry, Gandalf doesn't do weddings'," he said.

However, the actor said he had no idea who was behind the offer.

"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," he said.

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