Actress Minnie Driver revealed she’s thankful to be alive after being involved in a serious car accident. The Good Will Hunting star said she and her friend, actor Ben Homewood, got into a “really bad” car accident while in France and were lucky to escape the wreckage alive. Actress Minnie Driver revealed she was lucky to be alive after being involved in a horror car crash. I’ve got a sprained neck and I’m really in shock and sort of cry all the time, but I’m going to heal. “The fact that the entire car didn’t just concertina and crush us is down to the design of that car,” Driver said.