Sir Ian McKellen, 85, has given an update on his health after he fell off the stage while performing in Player Kings at London's West End, breaking his wrist and chipping a vertebra
Sir Ian McKellen has shared the frightening details of his stage accident during a performance in London's West End. The 85 year old sustained a broken wrist and chipped vertebra after falling from the stage in June.
When Tim welcomed him with "Thank you for inviting us into your lovely home. How are you?", McKellen answered: "Yes so I think I'm fine." The star, who is playing John Falstaff in Player Kings, Robert Icke's adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts One and Two, also spoke of his fortune in the circumstances, adding: "I was extremely lucky that I was wearing a padded suit because the part I was playing is fat."
To quash any speculation, he went on: "It wasn't that I was feeling dizzy or anything like that, it was a pure accident."
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