British actor Ian McKellen was taken to hospital final night time after falling off the stage throughout a efficiency in London. The 85-year-old actor, who grew to become well-known for his roles in William Shakespeare’s performs and within the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, ought to get better rapidly from the results of the autumn.
McKellen performed the position of John Falstaff in Participant Kings, which mixes the primary and second components of Henry IV. Throughout one scene, McKellen immediately “fell off the stage proper in entrance of the viewers,” in line with an viewers member quoted by the AP. In response to one other viewer quoted by the Guardian, the actor was apparently acutely aware after the autumn as a result of he known as for assist.
In response to the press, medical doctors tried to deal with the actor on the spot, the efficiency on the Noël Coward Theater in London was interrupted and the viewers was evacuated. The theater reported throughout the night time that, in line with medical professionals, the actor ought to make a “fast and full restoration” from the results of the autumn. “Ian is in an excellent temper”.
McKellen has been on the stage for about six many years and is a Tony Award winner. He acted in lots of Shakespearean performs throughout his lifetime. In movie, he’s most likely most well-known for his position because the wizard Gandalf within the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which was impressed by the novels of the British author JRR Tolkien. (ČTK)
