Breaking Baz: Ian McKellen Eyes Return To “Danger Free” Work On Movie ‘The Critic’ Following Fall From West End Stage
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: With Ian McKellen on the mend after wrist and neck injuries he suffered when he fell from the stage during a performance of swashbuckling Shakespearean drama Player Kings in London’s West End, the beloved star is eying a return to work.
No, the knighted thespian won’t be treading the boards anytime soon, but Deadline can reveal that the actor will do some last-minute “danger free“ post-production voice work for murder mystery movie The Critic in which McKellen (The Lord of the Rings, X-Men) stars as Jimmy Esrkine, a puffed up, once great first-night drama reviewer.
McKellen stars alongside Gemma Arterton (Funny Woman, The King’s Man) as Nina Land, a struggling West End ingénue who witnesses something she shouldn’t have seen.
Mark Strong, Alfred Enoch, Lesley Manville, Ben Barnes and Romona Garai co-star. Lionsgate UK struck a distribution deal with Zygi Kamasa’s True Brit Entertainment to release the film in UK and Irish theaters on September 13.
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