Rosamund Pike has recalled how she was “punched in the face” and had her mobile snatched from her in a terrifying incident nearly two decades ago.
During an appearance on Magic Radio in the UK, the Oscar nominated actress recounted the moment her mum heard her being mugged in London.
“I was on the phone to my mother, on a mobile phone walking along a road, and I was mugged,” she spoke of the 2006 incident.
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“The phone was snatched, so all she heard was me scream and a thud, and the phone went dead.”
As per The Independent, Pike recalled a “kid” on a bicycle sped past and took her phone.
The actress claimed she was punched in the face, which left a bruise.
“For her, it was probably a pretty horrible 15 minutes,” she said of her mum. She called her back when she went to the pub to meet her friends.
Pike is an English actress with many awards to her name, including an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 2014 thriller Gone Girl.
The star has been in the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice, Jack Reacher, Saltburn, the drama series The Wheel of Time and more.
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She’s set to be in the third instalment of the Now You See Me franchise, which comes out in November.
Pike isn’t the only star to endure such a horrifying incident while out in public.
In September 2023, Aussie radio star Dave Hughes said he was mugged while on his way to get food for his family.
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“All of a sudden, someone grabs my phone out of my hand,” he recalled on-air.
“He walks away with my phone,” he said of the man.
“Then he tries to speak to someone on the phone but I hadn’t had the chance to make the call yet, I don’t believe.”
Hughes said he had yelled at the man to “Give me my phone back!”
In response, the stranger threw his phone on the ground and walked away.
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