
4:30 PM PT — A rep for “Participant Kings” tells TMZ Ian McKellen is doing successfully after his fall, saying … “Following a scan, the smart NHS employees have assured us that he’ll make a speedy and full restoration and Ian is in good spirits.”
“The manufacturing has made the selection to cancel the effectivity on Tuesday 18 June so Ian can leisure. These affected will most likely be contacted by their degree of purchase as shortly as attainable tomorrow.”
“Due to medical docs Rachel and Lee who’ve been available throughout the viewers and to all the venue employees for his or her help.”
Ian McKellen stepped into the spotlight in London and ended up in a hospital … this after taking a nasty fall all through a theater effectivity this week.
The actor — who turned 85 closing month — was hospitalized Monday after dropping his footing in a “Participant Kings” wrestle scene and falling off stage … this consistent with numerous experiences out of the UK.
Ian performs John Falstaff in ‘PK’ — a model new West End manufacturing of Shakespeare’s Henry IV components one and two — and he was circling a battle scene when he tumbled off the doorway of the stage, screaming in ache as he hit the deck.
The whole extent of Ian’s accidents is unclear … however it was essential ample for theater employees to run to his help. The play was then scrapped utterly and the viewers was evacuated from the theater as Ian was taken for medical consideration.
Ian’s been performing in “Participant Kings” on the Noël Coward Theatre in London since April, and the manufacturing has just some weeks of displays remaining.
He’s been outspoken about turning down numerous roles in his outdated age, nevertheless was open to doing this play, and never too way back talked about he’d take into consideration having fun with Gandalf as soon as extra in a doable ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie … although, he admits every time he’ll get a script now, he considers the probability it is likely to be his closing.
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Hopefully, Ian’s doing alright … we’ve got reached out to his employees, no phrase once more however.
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