Sofia Helin
Swedish actress
My vain side would like to be remembered as someone who did good for others in some way. But I would be happy if my children remembered me.
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Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
As a half-decent actor.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
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Jo Nesbø
Norwegian writer and musician
As a nice guy, but I’m not sure that is going to happen.
Paul McKenna
British hypnotist and TV personality
In the Sultan of Brunei’s will.
Ann Dowd
American actress
As a good person.
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Last Christmas I was clipped by a train. Mum was dying so my head was elsewhere. I was walking home and had to cross one of those crossings that say, “Stop, look and listen.” I didn’t do any of those things, and I had my headphones in so I couldn’t even hear the train. It clipped my left elbow.
Insomnia. I go to bed at 9.30pm and listen to Radio 4.
Yesterday, because grief creeps up on you.
A Christian Dior coat.
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