Ian McKellen avoids going out after 'horrible' stage fall: 'I’ve been dealing with agonizing pain'

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Ian McKellen avoids going out after 'horrible' stage fall: 'I’ve been dealing with agonizing pain'
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“I avoid going out because I’m nervous someone might bump into me, and I’ve been dealing with agonizing pain in my shoulders due to the jolt my body took,” the actor said.

Richard Coyle, Sir Ian McKellen and Toheeb Jimoh bow at the curtain call during the press night performance of"Player Kings" at the Noel Coward Theatre on April 11, 2024. that he hasn’t wanted to leave his home since the incident, where he chipped a vertebra and fractured his wrist due to the medical repercussions.Sir Ian McKellen attends the press night after party for “Player Kings” at St Martins Lane Hotel on April 11, 2024.

Jennifer Lopez said she felt like she 'was going to die' after initial Ben Affleck split before divorce“I’ve relived that fall countless times. It was horrible,” McKellen continued. “I thought it was the end of something. It was very upsetting. The end didn’t mean my death, but it felt like the end of my participation in the play.”Sir Ian McKellen bows at the curtain call during the press night performance of “Player Kings” at the Noel Coward Theatre on April 11, 2024.

The “Critic” star was portraying John Falstaff in “Player Kings,” a production of William Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Parts One and Two,” at the Noel Coward Theatre in London when he fell during a battle scene.Sir Ian McKellen attends “The Delaunay Presents An Evening With” at The Delaunay, Aldwych, on April 21, 2024 in London, England.McKellen tripped on a newspaper, caught his foot on a chair, and tumbled into the front row.

“Just two weeks after my accident onstage I want to assure my many well-wishers that the injuries are on the mend,” McKellen shared on July 2. “My doctors promise a complete recovery – but only if I avoid work over the next few weeks.”

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