Sir Ian McKellen turned down $1.5 million to officiate wedding as Gandalf
 

Sir Ian McKellen turned down $1.5 million to officiate wedding as Gandalf
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Officiating a wedding a serious responsibility, best left to religious officials, close friends and fictional wizards.

Sir Ian McKellen, best k**wn for playing Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, was offered $1.5 million to officiate Sean Parker's wedding as the wizard, The Daily Mail reports. Parker, a billionaire who founded Napster and was Facebook's first president, first made the offer three years ago. *

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"I was offered $1.5 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," McKellen told The Daily Mail. "So I said, ‘I am sorry, Gandalf doesn’t do weddings.'" Read more...

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