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Ian McKellen Says ‘Fat Suit Saved My Ribs’ During ‘Horrible’ Stage Fall: The Pain Is Still ‘Agonizing’ and ‘I Have to Keep Telling Myself I’m Not Too Old to Act’
Ian McKellen says the pain from his stage fall in June is still "agonizing" and reveals his fat suit saved him from injuring his ribs.
Ian McKellen recently told Saga Magazine (via The Standard) that he experienced “agonizing” pain in the aftermath of his fall in June during a performance of “Player Kings” at the Noel Coward Theatre in London. McKellen tripped on a newspaper and fell into the front row of the audience, chipping his vertebrae and fracturing his wrist during the incident. After McKellen was hospitalized, a representative for the theater shared a statement that 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,” started its 12-week run on the West End in April.
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