Ian McKellen Says Fat Suit Saved His Ribs In Nasty Fall During London Play

Ian McKellen says the painful fall that sent him from a London theater to a hospital bed could have been way worse ... if not for his fat suit!!! The legendary actor is recounting his nasty spill for the first time, telling Saga Magazine he fractured his wrist and chipped his vertebrae in the June incident ... but had his ribs spared by his costume. As we reported ... Ian was playing John Falstaff in a West End…