Sean Connery cost himself $US450 million when he turned down the chance to play Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, a report says. The former James Bond actor was offered $US30 million to play the wizard in the fantasy films directed by Peter Jackson, a Celebrity Networth report says. Producers Warner Bros attempted to seal a deal with the Scottish actor by also offering him 15 per cent of the franchise's box office takings, the report said. Despite that, Connery turned down the role because of his concerns over the script and it eventually fell to the lesser known British actor Ian McKellen. The Rings trilogy went on to make $US2.9 billion in box office takings, with the first film alone raking in more than $1 billion. Had Connery accepted the Gandalf role, his 15 per cent of those takings would have been worth $US450 million. Instead he accepted a part in the critically panned film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which lost $US12 million at the box office. He has since retired from acting. - www.nzherald.co.nz +30 million salary, he miss out on $480 million. i would have retired also..
Apparently he's worth $300m so I'm sure he's not too bothered. But still, almost half a billon! Not bad for the star of Zardoz
I contest they are all counterfeit - some printed by the powers in charge others printed in underground garages - all printed by criminals and all counterfeit.
From Reddit: "I just did a quick experiment at work. The penny I used started at 0.056" thick and 0.748" wide. After 10 tons of pressure (22,400 psi) for 30 seconds the penny measured 0.051" thick and 0.767" wide. At 20 tons (44,800 psi) the penny measured 0.048" thick and 0.788" wide. The highest I could get my hydraulic press to was 28 tons or 62,720 psi. After 30 seconds under 28 tons of pressure the penny measured 0.045" thick and 0.830" wide. At this rate, 1 psi squished the penny 1.75x10-7", or, 0.000000175". Assuming a "smashed" penny is 0.030" thick (i don't have one to measure) the pressure needed to get it that thin is 171,428 psi or 76.5 tons. At 0.0106 psi per penny, it would take 16,172,452 pennies for the bottom penny to be crushed to 0.030". A stack of 16,172,452 pennies will be about 14.3 miles tall."
When we were kids we used to put coins on the train tracks . That would flatten them out in a hurry . The only problem was finding them after.. Some would almost triple in size & be so smooth you could hardly see the design . edit : now thats a useless trivial fact
We did that too. When I told the class during "show and tell" in yr 3, the teacher berated me for potentially causing a derailment.
now i look back it must have been hilarious . The train tracks were down near the river & we used to take our air rifles down to shoot ducks if the driver seen us we would have looked like midget terrorists hiding in the grass with rifles :lol:
With a Dad as a chemical engineer, I was taught to make explosives at a young age (and be safe about it). The educational fun we used to have would now be considered grounds for a custodial sentence.
The tectonic plates under europe and north america move appart 4cm a year. The average human finger nail grows 4cm a year. So if u look at your nails right now, thats how much europe and north america have moved appart since you last cut them.
