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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-copy/
- Published: 2024-09-06T18:30:50.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-06T18:30:50.000Z
- Description: The Lord of the Rings star announced he was withdrawing from his role in the West End play to focus on his recovery.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Sir Ian McKellen has made a heartbreaking confession months after he shockingly [fell from the stage](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/sir-ian-mckellen-hospitalised-after-falling-off-stage-during-london-theatre-show/WRHXPZMUWFE4ZNA3BUDJZLRYMY/?ref=goodoil.news) while performing a theatre show in London.  
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> The[ 85-year-old actor](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/lord-of-the-rings-star-sir-ian-mckellen-injured-his-wrist-and-neck-in-his-horror-stage-fall/F7DZMUWUQFE67EDPRDVN3KDASM/?ref=goodoil.news) was in the middle of a fight scene in the production Player Kings at the Noel Coward Theatre on June 17 when he reportedly lost his footing and tumbled off the stage, resulting in a hospitalisation.  
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> Sustaining multiple injuries including a [chipped vertebrae and fractured wrist](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/lord-of-the-rings-star-sir-ian-mckellen-injured-his-wrist-and-neck-in-his-horror-stage-fall/F7DZMUWUQFE67EDPRDVN3KDASM/?ref=goodoil.news), the *Lord of the Rings* star soon announced he was [withdrawing from his role in the West End play](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/sir-ian-mckellen-pulls-out-of-player-kings-uk-tour-following-fall-off-stage/BNBB2NCX3NCA7E4W5L2NTFPLVQ/?ref=goodoil.news) to focus on his recovery.  
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> NZ Herald

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