Ian McKellen says the painful fall that despatched him from a London theater to a hospital mattress might have been method worse … if not for his fats swimsuit!!!
The legendary actor is recounting his nasty spill for the primary time, telling Saga Journal he fractured his wrist and chipped his vertebrae within the June incident … however had his ribs spared by his costume.
As we reported … Ian was enjoying John Falstaff in a West Finish manufacturing of “Player Kings” when he tumbled off the entrance of the stage throughout a battle scene and needed to be rushed to the hospital.
Ian says he used a fats swimsuit to play Falstaff and the additional cushion softened the touchdown when he fell … saving his ribs and different joints within the course of.
The 85-year-old says his neck and wrist are nonetheless not healed, and he does not go away his residence today simply in case “someone bangs into me.”
Ian says he received his foot caught in a chair on stage and as he tried to shake unfastened he saved slipping on different props and ultimately landed on somebody’s lap within the entrance row!!!
IM additionally says he is replayed the autumn in his thoughts numerous occasions … and he feels disgrace over the entire thing.
