Ian McKellen Hospitalized After Falling Off Stage During London Performance

Ian McKellen stepped into the highlight in London and ended up in a hospital … this after taking a nasty fall throughout a theater efficiency this week.

The actor — who turned 85 final month — was hospitalized Monday after shedding his footing in a “Player Kings” battle scene and falling off stage … this in line with a number of experiences out of the UK.

Ian performs John Falstaff in ‘PK’ — a brand new West Finish manufacturing of Shakespeare’s Henry IV elements one and two — and he was circling a battle scene when he tumbled off the entrance of the stage, screaming in ache as he hit the deck.

The total extent of Ian’s accidents is unclear … but it surely was severe sufficient for theater employees to run to his help. The play was then scrapped fully and the viewers was evacuated from the theater as Ian was taken for medical consideration.

Ian’s been performing in “Player Kings” on the Noël Coward Theatre in London since April, and the manufacturing has just a few weeks of exhibits remaining.

He is been outspoken about turning down numerous roles in his outdated age, however was open to doing this play, and not too long ago mentioned he’d contemplate enjoying Gandalf once more in a possible ‘Lord of the Rings’ film … though, he admits every time he will get a script now, he considers the possibility it might be his final.