Kevin Hart reveals he ‘almost died’ in terrifying plane incident that led to eye-opening realization

Kevin Hart has opened up on how he 'almost died' in a plane incident and the consequences of the terrifying ordeal.

Hart stars in Netflix's latest action film Lift alongside the likes of Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Vincent D'Onofrio, who you might recognize from Marvel series Loki and Hawkeye respectively.

The action comedy movie - which dropped on the streaming service on Friday (January 12) - has a simple but outlandish plot: a gang of criminals plan to steal $500 million in gold from a vault on a plane that is 40,000 feet in the air.

Sounds like a bit of Hart, right?

Well, it wasn't the film that grabbed many people's attentions when the comedian appeared on BBC's The Graham Norton Show on Friday evening.

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Hart reflected on the tense experience while onboard a real-life flight, which saw the exterior of the aircraft catch fire.

"I almost died," he told Norton and the show's fellow guests.

"We were landing and as we did the front wheel broke, and I just saw flames coming out of the front of the plane."

As he continued his story, Hart revealed that despite the scary situation he was involved in, he’d reached a point of contentment in his life that calmed him on the flight.

"It was one of those moments when I thought, ‘This is it’, and I realized that if it happens I was cool with where I was in life. I didn’t panic," he added.

Hart also spoke about his new project on The Graham Norton Show, which surely would have brought a few not so nice plane memories back to him.

The 44-year-old, who plays heist boss Cyrus, said: "In this film I am an action star, you can probably tell by looking at my arms!

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"We wanted a film that the world could gravitate towards.

“It’s my first leading man role where I am serious. It’s a proper thriller and for the first time I’m not responsible for the jokes.”

Joining Hart on The Graham Norton Show sofa was Modern Family star Sofía Vergara, who discussed her Colombian accent and how it has affected her acting career.

She said: “There was pressure on me to lose it and I thought it would not be that hard, that I could do some classes and have any role I wanted.

"That was not the case - I spent a lot of money and a lot of hours trying and it would get worse. I would go to auditions, and it was horrific.”