Felicity Jones: How close have you come to death?

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.

Recorded Felicity Jones said elsewhere, not written here

Nearly crashing into a train on one film, almost falling out of a hot-air balloon on another, narrowly avoiding getting knocked over by a taxi …

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2023 source ↗

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Philippa Perry Psychotherapist and author

I’m closer today than I was yesterday.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 June 2021 source ↗

Scott Mills English radio DJ and television presenter

I went on a private jet with David Hasselhoff, and it was so turbulent between LA and Vegas I thought it was going down. I also thought: “The headline won’t be about me; it will be: David Hasselhoff and friend.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 October 2022 source ↗

Courtney Pine British jazz musician

We were doing a tour in Japan and as our plane landed, it rose again, out of the blue. About 10 years later there was this programme about 10 of the nearest misses, and it was my flight. There was another plane on the runway and we nearly landed on top of it. I didn’t know until 10 years later.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2022 source ↗

Andi Oliver British cook, television and radio broadcaster, singer