Sir Ian McKellen said a fat suit protected his “ribs and other joints” during a fall from a stage in June. In an interview, the veteran actor also revealed how he fell and how he reacted.
A fat suit 'saved' Sir Ian McKellan's ribs after a fall from a stage in the West End earlier this summer, the veteran actor has revealed. Sir Ian, 85, lost his footing during a Player Kings fight scene in June at the Noel Coward Theatre and has since suffered from wrist and neck injuries. He pulled out of the performance's national tour to focus on his recovery, but told Saga magazine it could have been worse if it weren't for his clothing.
' The fall was 'horrible', he added, happening during a battle scene, when his foot got caught in a chair and he slid on newspaper scattered across the stage. 'The more I tried to get rid of it, the faster I proceeded down a step, onto the forestage, and then on to the lap of someone in the front row,' he said. 'I started screaming, 'help me' and then 'I'm sorry, I don't do this'. Extraordinary things. I thought it was the end of something.
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