The actor was performing in a play in London when he fell off the stage during a battle scene.
Ian McKellen He recently told Saga Magazine that he experienced “agonizing” pain as a result of his fall in June during a performance of “Player Kings” at the Noel Coward Theatre in London.
The actor was playing John Falstaff when he fell off the stage during a battle scene. McKellen tripped over a newspaper and He fell in the front row of the audience, fracturing his vertebrae and wrist during the incident.These injuries “are not yet healed.”
Ian McKellen on the aftermath of the fall
“I avoid going out because I’m scared someone will hit me and I’ve been suffering from agonizing pain in my shoulders from the impact my body received,” McKellen said. “But The fat suit I wore for Falstaff saved my ribs and other jointsso I consider myself lucky.”
“I have relived that fall countless times. It was horrible,” she continued. “I thought it was the end of something. It was very sad. The end didn’t mean my death, but it felt like the end of my involvement in the play.”
The injury marked the end of his run as Falstaff on “Player Kings.” Although McKellen released a statement a few days after the fall expressing his interest in returning to the production, he later left the project due to the injuries. He thanked the nurses and doctors who treated him at the time and said he was “enormously indebted” to them.
“I have to tell myself that I am not too old to act”“It was just a bloody accident,” McKellen told Saga magazine. “I didn’t lose consciousness, I didn’t get dizzy, but I haven’t been able to get back on stage and they’ve continued without me.”
After McKellen was hospitalized, a representative for the theater shared a statement saying the 85-year-old actor would “make a speedy and full recovery.” “Player Kings,” which is a production of William Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Parts One and Two,” began its 12-week run in the West End in April.
Source: Ambito
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