Actor Ian McKellen said Tuesday he is looking forward to returning to work after he toppled off a London stage mid-performance and was hospitalized.
McKellen, 85, said he was "hugely indebted" to medics who treated him after the tumble on Monday night during a performance of "Player Kings" at London's Noel Coward Theatre.
"They have assured me that my recovery will be complete and speedy and I am looking forward to returning to work," he said on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Performances on Tuesday and Wednesday were canceled after the accident and are scheduled to resume on Thursday.
The stage and screen veteran, who played Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" films, cried out in pain after the fall, according to a BBC journalist at the theater. McKellen was playing the roguish John Falstaff in "Player Kings," an adaptation of William Shakespeare's two "Henry IV" history plays, directed by Robert Icke More