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MEXICO CITY.- After the Amazon premiere of the series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”, we remember when Sean Connery, an actor who passed away in 2020, refused to play Gandalf, one of the main characters of the story. goodbye to a $ 450 million contract.
In the story of the British writer JRR Tolkien, Gandalf (Ian McKellen) is the wizard sent to Middle-earth to fight Sauron. Although fans no longer imagine the fictional universe without the actor, in reality the James Bond star (1962-1983) may be the chosen one.
Connery would have been part of the adaptation that Peter Jackson was preparing and which came to light in 2001, however he did not accept the tempting proposal. According to some portals, they would have offered him $ 30 million per film, in addition to 15% of box office receipts.
Although no one understood the rejection at the time, he later explained that he never understood the purpose of the story.
“I’ve read the book. I’ve read the script. I’ve seen the movie. I still don’t understand,” he admitted to the New Zealand Herald.
He also commented that Ian did a good job on the show: “McKellen, I think, is wonderful.”
Sensacine reported that the trilogy grossed $ 2.981 billion at the worldwide box office, leaving Connery with a loss of $ 447 million.
It is not the first time that the actor has turned down a leading role of this magnitude, as it was also revealed that he was one of the actors required to play John Hammond in “Jurassic Park” and The Architect of “The Matrix”, films that they were also a worldwide success.
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