Sir Ian McKellen might have taken a tumble, but he’s not staying down for long. On Monday, the 85-year-old actor fell off the stage during a performance at the Noël Coward Theatre in London—but the producers of the play now say that he is in “good spirits” and expected to return to the show.

McKellen is currently starring as the rotund and bombastic John Falstaff in Player Kings, a production of William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, parts one and two, directed by Robert Icke. According to BBC journalist Aleks Phillips, the Lord of the Rings actor fell off the front of the stage during a fight scene featuring Falstaff, the Prince of Wales, and Henry Percy. Per Phillips, the accident happened after McKellen seemingly lost his footing.

“It happened so quickly that at first it appeared to be part of the performance,” wrote Phillips. “But the actor cried out and staff rushed to help.”

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After McKellen’s fall, the octogenarian was brought to the hospital, and the audience left the theater. The following night’s performance of Player Kings was subsequently canceled. According to a statement by the producers, McKellen received a medical scan, with doctors at Britain’s National Health Service saying the actor would “make a speedy and full recovery.” The producers’ statement added that “Ian is in good spirits,” and the actor is expected to return for Wednesday’s matinee performance.

Over the course of his illustrious six-decade acting career, McKellen has been nominated for two Academy Awards and five BAFTA Awards, and he has won a Tony, a Golden Globe, and six Olivier Awards. He is perhaps best known for portraying Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Hobbit films, as well as Magneto in the original X-Men films. In recent years, McKellen has been a fixture on the British stage, starring as King Lear and an elderly Hamlet, a role he’s set to reprise in a new film adaptation directed by Sean Mathias.

Player Kings’ run concludes at the Noël Coward Theatre this Sunday.