Ian McKellen Says ‘Fat Suit Saved My Ribs’ During ‘Horrible’ Stage Fall: The Pain Is Still ‘Agonizing’ and ‘I Have to Keep Telling Myself I’m Not Too Old to Act’

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1. > “I have to keep telling myself I’m not too old to act,” McKellen now told Saga Magazine. “It was just a bloody accident. I didn’t lose consciousness, I hadn’t been dizzy, but I’ve not been able to return to the stage, and they’ve continued without me.”

2. Holy crap for a second there when I was scrolling I thought this was a death notice.

3. Falls are so devastating to the elderly, and he chipped a vertebrae too that’s probably going to nag him forever.

4. I watched X-Men for the first time yesterday and McKellan was awesome in that. Already one of the best Marvel villains I’ve seen.

5. Just act like it doesn’t hurt

6. I’d love to see him perform live, hopefully that’ll be possible still once he recovers

7. Just rewatched Fellowship of the Ring. He was old when that came out!