Rocketman star Taron Egerton passed out during the first performance of his new West End show, Cock. On 5 March, the Ambassadors Theatre in London held the debut performance of the highly anticipated play.
According to audience members, The Kingsman actor fainted during the middle portion of the show. Luckily, Egerton was assisted by one of the theatre’s attendees, who happened to be a doctor – as reported by The Independent.
After a 40 minute intermission, the play’s director Marianne Elliot came out and announced that the Sing 2 star was “absolutely fine.” She then revealed that Egerton’s understudy, Joel Harper-Jackson, would be stepping in to finish off the inaugural performance.
Shortly after the incident, the play’s production released a statement giving further insight into the surprising situation. “During this evening’s first preview of Mike Bartlett’s play Cock at the Ambassadors Theatre, Taron Egerton fainted towards the end of the performance,” they said. “A doctor who was in the audience attended to Taron immediately after the incident, and whilst he felt fine, it was decided that Taron’s understudy, Joel Harper-Jackson, would continue in the role to complete the performance.” On 6 March, Egerton released his own statement to reassure fans that he was indeed okay. “As some of you may have heard, I passed out during the first performance of COCK last night.