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I was Ian McKellen's understudy " I know how he must feel after his accident by David Weston

Sir Ian prides himself on never missing a performance. I too fell off stage in a version of Henry IV and was taken to hospital " I didn't want to go in case my understudy was better than me …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AM
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