If, like us, you find yourself flush with cash and dawdling around New York with nothing better to do, you can bid on a meet-and-greet with Gandalf and Captain Picard. Or Magneto and Professor X, depending on what your particular fancy is. Yes, everybody's favourite bromance since McConaughey and Harrelson are offering a chance to sit and bask in their glory for the princely sum of €5,000.

The money raised will go to Equity Fights AIDS, an actor-led charity group.

The two actors, along with their co-stars Billy Crudup and Shenler Hensey, are offering backstage passes to their performance of Waiting For Godot and No Man's Land at the Cort Theatre in New York.

We're emptying out the savings account now and booking a flight as we speak.