Layton Williams: Which moment embarrassed you most?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Recorded Layton Williams said elsewhere, not written here

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.

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

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Kathy Lette Australian-British author

Bumping into my male boss at a nudist beach.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗

Chiwetel Ejiofor English actor

Being torn to shreds by a very elderly woman for driving badly on the Isle of Man, maybe 15 years ago. She stopped in the middle of the road and really let me have it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2024 source ↗

Liev Schreiber American actor

When I was 19 I worked at a gay bar while I was at drama school in London. One of the guys I worked with was Glaswegian and I learned the dialect from him. The acting teacher at the school said, “Liev, you’ve got the region but you’ve missed the character entirely” because I played Jimmy Boyle in a very camp Glaswegian accent.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2024 source ↗

Romesh Ranganathan English actor and comedian