Don’t you just hate it when you do this…
5M mistakes made by overpaid actors 
[quote] 4. THE ROLE: Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy
WHO LET IT GET AWAY: Sean Connery, who’d never read the J.R.R. Tolkien series and claimed he “didn’t understand the script.” (Can you say karma?)
REGRETTABILITY METER: High
In return for playing the role, New Line Cinema offered the Scottish actor up to 15 percent of worldwide box office receipts, which would have earned Connery more than any actor had ever been paid for a single role – as much as $400 million.[/quote]
