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The 85-year-old six-time Olivier winner sustained several injuries when he fell from the stage while performing in London’s West End back in June.
“We all trip all our lives,” he continued. “It’s just when you get to my age you can’t always get up again.And while he’s planning to take “the rest of the year off” , Sir Ian also added that he’s been approached about playing Gandalf once again in new films based on“I’ve just been told there are going to be more films and Gandalf will be involved and they hope that I’ll be playing him,” he explained. “When? I don’t know. What the script is? It’s not written yet.
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