Sir Ian McKellen is in hospital after falling off the stage during a theatre performance in London.
The Lord of the Rings star was acting out a fight scene during a production of Player Kings at the Noël Coward Theatre when he lost his balance and fell off the stage into the orchestra pit, according to the BBC.
McKellen reportedly “cried out in pain” and theatre staff hurried to help him. After his fall, the audience was evacuated from the venue and told that the evening performance was cancelled.
Just witnessed an awful accident with Sir Ian McKellen tripping off the stage in London. He seems badly hurt. We are all in shock and tears.
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) June 17, 2024
The show combines Shakespeare’s plays Henry IV Part One and Part Two in one production, and began showing on the West End in April this year.