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Sir Ian McKellen, 85, is back on his feet as he attends The Critic premiere - two months after horror stage fall that left him feeling 'guilty and ashamed'
The actor, 85, was playing John Falstaff in the production at the Noel Coward Theatre in the West End when he lost his footing in a fight scene and plunged from the stage into the audience.
The actor, 85, was playing John Falstaff in the production at the Noel Coward Theatre in London's West End on June 17 when he lost his footing in a fight scene and plunged from the stage into the audience 'The Shakespearean actor donned a checkered suit for the evening and accessorised with a dark green neckerchief that was covered in polka dots. In his first interview since the fall, the Ian told Saga Magazine that he chipped his vertebrae and fractured his wrist when he plummeted off stage - but revealed his fat suit prevented him from suffering even more serious injures.
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