Walton Goggins: When were you most embarrassed?

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When were you most embarrassed?

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Walton Goggins

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Passing wind on camera. I was doing a rather large movie and it was a closeup.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗

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Paul Merson English footballer and pundit

When you jump out of addiction and look back, things like drink-driving and sitting in crack houses are not good.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗

Layton Williams

Falling flat on my face in Billy Elliot on Boxing Day when I was 14. I fell smack bang at the end of my number. I was mortified.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2024 source ↗

Sarah Hadland

Years ago, I was trying to get with one of the big agencies and I cobbled together a VHS tape of me in adverts and sobbing in The Bill, and took it United Agents for the attention of Dallas Smith. A week later I went back and said, “Has she looked at the tape?” And they were, like, “Dallas is a he, no he hasn’t and he doesn’t want to,” and handed it back to me.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 December 2025 source ↗

Imogen Poots

I once asked a young woman if she had ever heard of the musician Laura Marling, insinuating I knew Laura Marling, to which she replied: “I am Laura Marling.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2024 source ↗