MCKELLEN REJECTED $1.5M TO OFFICIATE WEDDING AS GANDALF

I WON’ T PRONOUNCE YOU

Sir Ian McKellen was offered US$ 1.5 million to dress as his beloved Lord of the Rings character Gandalf at billionaire Sean Parker’s wedding. The offer was made to McKellen through an intermediary on behalf of Parker, who was Facebook’s first president, and the co- founder of the music streaming service Napster. Though the actor refused, he said he still would have considered offi- ciating the 2013 ceremony if Parker hadn’t demanded that he be in character. “So I said, ‘ I am sorry, Gandalf doesn’t do weddings,’” McKellen said. The real McKellen, however, is available for weddings. Having qualified as a celebrant in 2013, when he officiated the civil wedding of friend and actor Patrick Stewart with musician Sunny Ozell.