Sean Connery on 
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: "My first response to the script was that it was a bit far-out. But that never stopped me before. It didn't stop me from doing 
Zardoz, I also got offered 
The Lord of the Rings, and I turned it down because I didn't understand it. I was offered 
The Matrix – twice – and I turned it down because I didn't understand it. I don't understand this movie, but I'll be damned if I'm going to turn it down."
*grins* Interesting... I wonder who he would have played in 
The Matrix?  And I still can't see him as Gandalf...