{"id":2450669,"date":"2026-06-08T22:21:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T22:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2450669"},"modified":"2026-06-08T22:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T22:21:38","slug":"george-clooney-anne-hathaway-and-more-celebrities-who-narrowly-escaped-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/george-clooney-anne-hathaway-and-more-celebrities-who-narrowly-escaped-death\/","title":{"rendered":"George Clooney, Anne Hathaway and More Celebrities Who Narrowly Escaped Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Despite frightening events like crashes, near-drownings and medical emergencies, these celebrities made it out alive \u2014 barely.<\/p>\n

ISLA FISHER<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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On the set of Isla Fisher<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s 2013 film Now You See Me, the production team saw the actress almost drown. On Chelsea Lately, per Huffington Post<\/a>, the 50-year-old explained that she got stuck in a water tank while doing a stunt. \u201cI couldn\u2019t get up. Everyone thought I was acting fabulously,\u201d she explained, adding that she was underwater for almost three minutes with her release chain stuck on her costume. \u201cI was actually drowning. \u2026 No one realized I was actually struggling.\u201d Thankfully, a stuntman helped her escape with the help of a quick release switch. Fisher added: \u201cWho wants to die in a swimming costume?\u201d<\/p>\n

ANNE HATHAWAY<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Two years after winning an Oscar for portraying the tragic heroine Fantine in Les Mis\u00e9rables, Anne Hathaway<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0faced a major scare while vacationing in Hawaii with husband Adam Shulman<\/strong>. According to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, the 43-year-old got caught in a powerful riptide while swimming off the coast of Oahu and had to be saved by a local surfer.<\/p>\n

GEORGE CLOONEY<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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In 2018, George Clooney<\/strong><\/a> was involved in a near-fatal motorcycle accident in Italy. After hitting a Mercedes while riding his bike at 70 miles per hour, the Ocean\u2019s Eleven star \u2014 now 65 \u2014 said he thought he wasn\u2019t going to make it out alive. \u201cIt knocked me out of my shoes,\u201d he recalled to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. Clooney, who was also severely injured years earlier on the set of the 2005 film Syriana, recalled of his feelings post-crash. \u201cI was just waiting for the switch to turn off because I broke his windshield with my head, and I thought, \u2018OK, well, that\u2019s my neck.\u2019 If you get nine lives, I got all of them used up at once \u2014 so I can let go of motorcycle riding for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

TRACY MORGAN<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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It was no laughing matter when Tracy Morgan<\/strong><\/a> was in a fatal car crash in 2014. Six vehicles were involved in the incident, in which the limo bus carrying the comedian, now 57, and several others was rear-ended by a tractor trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike. While his mentor, James McNair<\/strong> (a.k.a. Uncle Jimmy Mack), was pronounced dead at the scene, Tracy survived, suffering a broken leg, a broken nose, several broken ribs, and a traumatic brain injury that left him in a coma for two weeks. \u201c[I\u2019m] fighting every day,\u201d he said at the time, per ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\u201cIf a cat has nine lives, I think I\u2019ve used a few,\u201d Leonardo DiCaprio<\/strong><\/a> told Wired<\/a>, explaining that he\u2019s had a few brushes with death. While scuba diving in South Africa, a shark pushed into his protective cage and began snapping at him. \u201cThe great white took about five or six snaps an arm\u2019s length away from my head,\u201d the 51-year-old recalled. But it\u2019s not just the depths that have put the Titanic star in harm\u2019s way. DiCaprio has also survived a flight to Russia that required an emergency landing after an engine blew, and nearly perished when two parachutes became tangled during a skydiving trip. \u201cI thought we were just plummeting to our death,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

EMILIA CLARKE<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Daenerys Targaryen once fought bigger fights than the Battle of Winterfell. After filming the first season of\u00a0Game of Thrones, Emilia Clarke<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 now 39 \u2014 suffered two life-threatening brain aneurysms<\/a>. \u201cJust when all my childhood dreams seemed to have come true, I nearly lost my mind and then my life,\u201d Clarke told New Yorker<\/a>, adding that she was diagnosed with a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and learned that about a third of SAH patients die immediately or soon after diagnosis. \u201cI had no time for brain surgery,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

CHARLIZE THERON<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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An on-set stunt almost killed the star of Aeon Flux. The Los Angeles Times<\/a> reported that Charlize Theron<\/strong><\/a>, 50, injured her neck when she fell doing a backflip in platform shoes. Her then-boyfriend, actor Stuart Townsend<\/strong>, went on to explain: \u201cThe slipped disc [in her neck] went almost into the spinal cord. She\u2019s fine, but she could\u2019ve been in a lot of trouble.\u201d Shooting was postponed for about eight weeks while Theron recovered from the herniated disc.<\/p>\n

JOHNNY DEPP<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Plane scary: Johnny Depp<\/strong><\/a> preferred to take a private jet back and forth to the Puerto Rico set of The Rum Diary. During one flight with director Bruce Robinson<\/strong> on board, the engine conked out in midair. \u201cThe plane just shut down,\u201d the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> via Today<\/a> reported the actor, 63, recalling of the frightening experience. \u201cThe sound of the engines stopped. There was silence. Bruce and I were looking at each other, and I think I said, \u2018Is this it?\u2019 It was like this weird extended moment when you\u2019re just floating for a second and you could feel this unpleasant descent.\u201d Lucky for them, the plane kicked back into gear just in time.<\/p>\n

OZZY OSBOURNE<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The late Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 who passed away in May 2025 at the age of 76 \u2014 \u00a0was riding a quad when he thought his life might come to an end. In 2003, Osbourne was rushed to the hospital after falling off his ATV while zooming across the grounds of his London-area estate. The The \u201cCrazy Train\u201d singer suffered a broken collarbone, eight broken ribs and an injured vertebra in his neck. \u201cI am lucky to be here today and not paralyzed,\u201d he later reflected to Britain\u2019s Sunday Mirror<\/a> via American Songwriter<\/a>, adding that he slipped in and out of a coma for eight days following the incident. \u201cThe doctors tell me every day it could have been a lot worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

JOAQUIN PHOENIX<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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In 2006, Joaquin Phoenix<\/strong><\/a> flipped his car and crashed into another vehicle when his brakes failed while driving in Los Angeles. Luckily, director Werner Herzog<\/strong> lived nearby. \u201cThere was this German voice saying, \u2018Just relax,\u2019\u201d The Guardian<\/a> reported the Joker star, 45, as remembering, recalling that Werner helped him from the vehicle. \u201cThere\u2019s something so calming and beautiful about Werner Herzog\u2019s voice.\u201d The auteur later recalled the incident from his perspective, saying that he asked Phoenix to hand over his cigarette lighter because \u201cthere was gasoline dripping all over the car,\u201d per Slate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This story George Clooney, Anne Hathaway and More Celebrities Who Narrowly Escaped Death<\/a> first appeared on InTouch Weekly<\/i><\/a>. Follow InTouch Weekly<\/strong> on Yahoo<\/strong><\/a> so you don\u2019t miss what\u2019s coming next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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