Sir Ian McKellan Reflects on Stage Fall: ‘It Was as if I’d Died and I Was Reading My Own Obituaries’

But it wasnt as bad as it sounded.

Everything is physically mended.

Im having to deal with it emotionally.

Sir Ian McKellen during the filming for the Graham Norton Show at BBC Studioworks 6 Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, to be aired on BBC One on Friday evening. Picture date: Thursday February 8, 2024.Isabel Infantes/PA Images/Getty Images

I felt ashamed of myself, and I felt Id let the audience down, and I felt guilty.

Im just aware there isnt much time left, he added.

Im only giving myself three months off instead of six months.

I dont need six months.