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LONDON (Reuters) British actor Ian McKellen said on Monday he feared he would die when he lost his footing and fell off a London stage mid-performance in June...
McKellen, 85, was starring in Player Kings, combining William Shakespeares Henry IV, Parts One and Two, in the capitals West End theatre district, when he tripped during a fight scene...
The actor, who is best known for playing Gandalf in the film versions of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and was also Magneto in the X-Men movies, was taken to hospital..
In a separate interview with BBC television, McKellen, whose stage career stretches back to 1961, said he had no plans to retire from acting and did not want anyone else to play Gandalf in the next instalment of the Lord of the Rings franchise, due in 2026...
McKellens latest film, The Critic, based on the novel Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn, in which he plays powerful theatre critic Jimmy Erskine in 1930s London, is out in cinemas later this month...
