Taron Egerton gave audiences quite the scare after he collapsed during the inaugural performance of the new play Cock at the Ambassadors Theatre in London’s West End over the weekend.
According to the Independent, the 32-year-old actor had completed only three-quarters of the play when he suddenly looked very ill and fainted on stage.
The frightening moment immediately brought the curtain down, and a doctor from the audience came rushing to help the Rocketman star.
After a 40 minute intermission, director Marianne Elliot appeared on stage to assure the crowd that Egerton was “absolutely fine.” The last 15 minutes of the production then resumed with understudy Joel Harper-Jackson stepping into his part.
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