Sir Ian McKellen is speaking out about his fall earlier in the summer. The 85-year-old actor fell off stage during a June performance of the play Player Kings in London.
Following his injury and hospitalization, he withdrew from the show upon medical advice. Now, Ian is opening up more about what happened when he fell and how he’s feeling about it now. Keep reading to find out more… “I was playing Falstaff, [a] wonderful part in Shakespeare.
And I lost my footing, I got my foot caught in something that was on the stage. I couldn’t shake it off and then trying to shake it off, I slid, on the polished surface of the stage [and] the front row of the audience,” Ian shared in an interview with GLAAD. “And I fractured a wrist and my neck.
And I shouted loudly, ‘Help me, help me! I’m sorry,’ I shouted. And then I said, ‘I don’t do this.’ These are words that came out. ‘Don’t move your head Ian,’ they said as I lay back,” he continued. “I met yesterday the woman who was holding my head.
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