Dax Shepard is opening up about a terrifying moment from his teenage years, one that nearly cost him his life. The actor and podcast host revealed on a recent episode of “Armchair Expert” that he was involved in a serious car crash during his senior year of high school, when a late-night drive took a sudden and dangerous turn.

According to Shepard, he and a friend were driving from Toledo to Detroit in a Ford Probe. It was late, and Shepard had an early morning shift ahead of him, so he decided to stretch out and sleep in the backseat. Before nodding off, he double-checked that his friend was okay to drive. The answer was a confident yes, despite the cruise control being set to 85 miles per hour.

That confidence didn’t last long.

Shepard recalled being jolted awake by the sound of gravel hitting the side of the car. When he looked up, his friend was completely slumped over behind the wheel, fast asleep.

He tried to grab control, but it was already too late. The car veered to the side, launched into the air, and began rolling down the highway. Shepard said his mind immediately went to the worst-case scenario, the line of pine trees along the Michigan road. “I knew if we hit one of those, that was it,” he shared.

As the car continued to flip, Shepard experienced something unexpected. Instead of panic, he felt calm. After a rush of fear and realization that death felt moments away, a strange sense of peace took over. He described it as oddly comforting, saying it felt like his body just accepted what was about to happen.

The car rolled around ten times before finally coming to a stop, upside down. Against all odds, they never hit a tree. Both Shepard and his friend crawled out through the windows, shaken but alive. Somehow, neither of them was seriously hurt.

The experience stuck with Shepard long after the crash. He admitted he questioned for days afterward whether he had actually died and was still processing what had happened.

Even now, decades later, the memory hasn’t faded. Shepard says the moment was unforgettable, and it permanently changed how he travels. To this day, he refuses to fall asleep when someone else is behind the wheel.

That brush with death wasn’t the only moment that reshaped how Shepard views survival. Over the years, the actor has been just as open about his long struggle with addiction.

Shepard has never shied away from talking about his sobriety journey, even when it’s uncomfortable. In 2020, he revealed that after 16 years sober, he suffered a relapse, a setback he later addressed candidly on “In Fact.” According to Shepard, the relapse began when chronic pain issues with his hand and shoulder resurfaced, leading him back to prescription pain medication.

What started as legitimate treatment slowly spiraled out of control. Shepard admitted he was taking far more pills than prescribed, buying additional medication, and lying to people closest to him, all while carrying what he described as an “enormous secret.”

Emma Roberts’ reputation as one of the defining scream queens of her generation looks set to continue.

The actress is teaming up with Stephen Cognetti, the creator behind the “Hell House LLC” franchise, for a new horror film titled “A Body in the Woods.”

The new movie is scheduled to begin production later this year.

Roberts has established herself as a credible force in the genre, building an extensive horror résumé on both film and TV.

Cognetti will direct the project and has also written the screenplay for the upcoming film.

In “A Body in the Woods,” Emma Roberts portrays Alice, a woman left alone in her remote cabin to keep watch over the body of an unidentified mine worker.

 As night falls, strange events begin to unfold, leaving Alice to fear that the corpse may not be completely at rest.

According to a Deadline report, producer Dave Caplan is particularly excited about the prospect of what Roberts and Cognetti can bring to the project.

“Stephen has consistently proven he can create terrifying, elevated immersive horror experiences,” Caplan said. “With Emma in the lead, ‘A Body in the Woods’ is an undeniable package.”

On his part, Cognetti described the movie as an effort to test the boundaries of fear for both the characters and the viewers.

“My goal with ‘A Body in the Woods’ is to deliver an elevated horror film that tests the limits of fear,” the director also told Deadline.

The director also praised Roberts’ experience in the genre and her approach to her performances across various horror productions.

“Emma brings an intelligence and emotional fearlessness that elevates everything she touches,” Cognetti explained. “She understands horror on a cellular level… how to balance vulnerability, strength, and terror.”

Roberts has been a steady presence in horror films and television since the early 2010s, when she began transitioning away from the roles that first made her a teenage superstar.

In 2011, she played Jill Roberts in “Scream 4,” bringing to life a character that would ultimately turn into one of the franchise’s most notorious villains.

She also won a lot of plaudits for her work in “The Blackcoat’s Daughter,” where she played a disturbed young woman on the run from a mental institution.

Roberts is probably best known for her recurring roles across multiple seasons of Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story.”

Thanks to her broad portfolio in horror, Roberts has had the unique opportunity to play both victims and villainous roles.

In a 2019 interview with Los Angeles Magazine, the actress said she doesn’t favor one side over the other.

“I think both are really fun,” Roberts said.

At the time, she was also starring as Brooke Thompson in the ninth season of “American Horror Story.”

Brooke was a victim, but Roberts had already depicted dangerous, morally questionable characters in the series.