Pike: 'I charmed my way out of a ticket'

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Rosamund Pike has revealed that she talked herself out of a police driving ticket in the US.

The Pride And Prejudice star, who was driving from Memphis to Mississippi in 2006, said that she started acting in order to get out of a ticket.

Pike told the Daily Mail: "I'd run through a stop sign. In the South a woman can get away by playing the little girl lost routine, and [the policeman] waved me on my way."

The former Bond girl also talked about fan mail, saying: "I do get men writing to me asking me out for dinner. One time I accepted the invitation. It was a successful date but there was no kissing involved."

She added: "I'd do it again. If someone writes me a really cracking letter, why shouldn't I meet up with them?"

Pike also claimed that there are only three things the modern woman needs, saying: "A kettle, a corkscrew and a car. Everything else is dispensable. It's important to reduce life to what is truly essential."