The question
How close have you come to dying?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A car accident in British Columbia 35-40 years ago. I was driving too quickly on a dirt road and lost control of the car, and it went off a cliff and got stuck in some treetops. We were not at all hurt; we actually just climbed out.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2024 source ↗
Scarlet fever, 1962. Hypothermia, 1974. Lightning strike, 1986.
The motorcycle crash, but also when a neon sign fell on my head in Soho in the 90s.
Making Apocalypse Now. I had a close call with a heart ailment due to anxiety, fear and physical abuse: I was not taking care of myself.
I got run over when I was three. I ran across a road in Manchester and was hit by a car. I only had concussion, but I could have died.
“Not interested.” Who? Many people.
My father – I think he doubted our closeness.
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.
Acting – it’s also the best, though.
An elevator operator.
Watching the Olympics.
Christopher Eccleston, Lesley Sharp, Rose McGowan, Brendan Gleeson, Lance Black, Joanne Froggatt
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