Ex-Facebook exec once offered Ian McKellen $1.5 million to officiate his wedding as Gandalf

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by Sindy Cator on August 22, 2016 at 9:13 pm

You know what’s cooler than a million dollars? Getting Gandalf to officiate your wedding. That’s just what ex-Facebook employee and Napster creator Sean Parker tried to do. According to Ian McKellen, Parker once offered him $1.5 million to officiate his wedding. The catch? He had to be dressed as the character McKellan played in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy — Gandalf. The request, made by a mutual friend of McKellen and Parker’s, met with deaf ears. “I don’t go dressing up – except in plays and things at places like this,” said McKellen. The wedding went off without a…