Taron Egerton Gives Health Update After Passing Out Onstage During Cock Play Debut

Rocketman star Taron Egerton is recovering after a health scare: The actor fainted onstage during opening night of a play in London.

By Corinne Heller Mar 06, 2022 8:46 PMTags
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Rocketman star Taron Egerton is thankfully "alive and kicking" after suffering a health scare upon his return to the stage.

On March 5, the 32-year-old Golden Globe-winning actor fainted while performing on opening night of the revival of the play Cock at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, promoting his understudy to quickly take his place.

"As some of you may have heard, I passed out during the first performance of COCK last night," the Welsh star wrote on his Instagram Story on March 6. "I am completely fine. Slightly sore neck and a bruised ego but I'm fine. I've decided to put a positive spin on it and I would appreciate it if anyone who was in the theatre last night just said that I gave such a committed, electrifying performance that my body couldn't handle it and checked out. That being said, apparently you're meant to actually do the full show and not just three quarters of it. So I'll be back with a vengeance tomorrow night."

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He continued, "Thank you to the amazing team at the theatre and my wonderful cast mates for being so lovely. But mainly I wanted to say thanks to Joel Harper Jackson who stepped in to do the last bit of the play. Joel is an amazing actor and a lovely person. Thank you Joel. T x"

Egerton later posted a video of himself rocking out to Simple Minds' 1985 song "Alive and Kicking," captioning the clip, "@bbc6music soundtracking my life."

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In Cock, a revival of a 2009 play, Egerton plays M, boyfriend of Bridgerton actor Jonathan Bailey's character, John. A love triangle later develops when the latter falls for a woman.

This marks Egerton's third major theater gig, following his West End debut in The Last of the Haussmans in 2012.

Performances are set to run through June 4.

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