10 Badass Movie Stars Who Proved To Be Real-Life Heroes
2. Benedict Cumberbatch
In one of the most recent cases of Hollywood stars performing real life heroic acts, Benedict Cumberbatch was seen diving out of a London taxi to save a cyclist from an attempted mugging in June of this year.
The actor, famous for various TV and movie roles like Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Strange, was riding along with his wife through the English capital when they saw a Deliveroo cyclist being struck with a bottle by a group of four men. Manuel Dias, the driver of the taxi carrying Cumberbatch, recounted how the actor immediately leapt out of the vehicle and intervened, yelling at the men to leave the cyclist alone.
Dias, who also got out of the vehicle to help out, claimed that Cumberbatch took charge of the scene and that the muggers fled once they recognised him. The taxi driver called Cumberbatch "very brave" and Deliveroo even issued a statement to thank the actor for his "heroic actions".