Ian McKellen turned down $1.5m to officiate as Gandalf at Sean Parker's wedding

Oscar-nominated actor refused the Napster billionaire's request to preside over ceremony dressed in character, saying: 'Gandalf doesn't do weddings'

Ian McKellen says he turned down $1.5m (1.14m) to officiate at Napster billionaire Sean Parker's wedding dressed as Gandalf the wizard.

McKellen, who played the character in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, didn't know the source of the offer when he was asked to marry Parker and his wife, singer Alexandra Lenas. The request came via a mutual acquaintance of Parker and McKellen's, according to the Mail on Sunday. McKellen said he would have considered the offer if Parker hadn't stipulated that he come in character.