Ian McKellen refused Sean Parker’s $1.5m offer

Actor Ian McKellen says he was offered a big sum of money to officiate the wedding of Napster founder Sean Parker dressed as Gandalf — his character from The Lord of the Rings franchise — but turned it down.

“I was offered one-and-a-half million dollars [Dh5.5 million] to marry a very famous couple in California, which I would perhaps have considered doing, but I had to go dressed as Gandalf. So I said, ‘I am sorry, Gandalf doesn’t do weddings’,” McKellen 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 added.