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 Ian McKellen: ‘I Am Sorry. Gandalf Doesn’t Do Weddings' 

 Ian McKellen: ‘I Am Sorry. Gandalf Doesn’t Do Weddings' 

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The legendary out actor turned down $1.5 million to officiate at the wedding of the founder of Napster and a pop singer, because he'd have to appear as his character from The Hobbit films.

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