Taron Egerton Collapses On Stage During Opening Night Of His New Play
Kingsmanactor Taron Egerton worried audiences as he collapsed mid-performance during the opening night of his new West End play, Cock. The Welsh actor has been a terrific young talent since graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2012, receiving widespread fame for his role as Gary «Eggsy» Unwin in Kingsman: The Secret Service, which adapted the Mark Millar comic of the same name. Since then, Egerton has taken on a variety of interesting projects, including a turn as Elton John in Dexter Fletcher's musical biopic, Rocketman, which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
The actor was set to take to the stage for previews of his new play, Cock, this weekend at the Ambassadors Theatre in London before it opens on March 15 for a 12-week run. Cock follows the story of a gay couple, played by Egerton and Jonathan Bailey, whose relationship encounters problems when one man questions his sexuality after meeting the girl of his dreams. The cast also includes Quadrophenia's Phil Daniels and His Dark Materials' Jade Anouka in a script written by Mike Bartlett and directed by Marianne Elliott.
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Deadline is reporting that Egerton unfortunately collapsed on stage during the first performance of Cock on Saturday, March 5. The actor's sudden change in condition shocked audiences in an incident that brought the theatre curtain down as a doctor in the audience tended to the 32-year-old. Director Marianne Elliot, then came on stage after a brief pause to reassure the audience that Egerton was fine backstage but was unable to carry on for the evening's performance. Luckily, Egerton's understudy, Joel Harper-Jackson,
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