United Kingdom, April 16 -- Eric Roberts feared his acting career was over at the age of 27 after being involved in a car accident.

The 69-year-old actor told how he fell into a deep depression after suffering "short-term memory loss" and difficulties with hand-eye co-ordination after the crash so it came as a surprise when he was cast in Bob Fosse's 1983 movie Star 80.

Asked what life was like when he was cast in the movie during an appearance on the It Happened In Hollywood podcast, he said: "It was a really odd, peculiar, hard time for me because the year before that I had an automobile accident and I was in a coma for a little bit.

"And, so I thought my days as an actor were probably over, if not very much numbered and, was going t...