Ian McKellen says he turned down $1.5m (£1.14m) to officiate at Napster billionaire Sean Parker’s wedding dressed as Gandalf the wizard.
Parker and Lenas’s Lord of the Rings-themed wedding went ahead in 2013 without McKellen.
Even though Gandalf didn’t marry Parker,the real McKellen may be available for weddings: the actor qualified as a celebrant in 2013, which allowed him to officiate the civil wedding of actor Patrick Stewart and musician Sunny Ozell.
McKellen said he would have considered the offer if Parker hadn’t stipulated that he come in character. “I don’t go dressing up, except in plays and things,” McKellen said.