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Sir Ian McKellen says fat suit saved him when he fell from stage

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Sir Ian McKellen says a fat suit that he wore to play Falstaff saved him from worse injuries.

The actor had been performing in a fight scene in Player Kings at London 's Noel Coward Theatre .

McKellen 's neck in a brace and right hand in a splint after falling from stage in June .

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English

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