David Duchovny once thought he’d saved a man’s life.
The actor, who stars in new movie ‘The Joneses’ alongside Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus, came across a stranger struggling for breath a couple of years ago and the quick-thinking star quickly administered the Heimlich manoeuver.
He said, “I was in Vancouver shooting ‘X-Files’ and one night I went outside to walk my dog. I see a guy in a bathrobe, and as I got closer and I could tell he was choking.
“So I grabbed him and did my best Heimlich manoeuvre, like I’m really yanking on his diaphragm. Finally, he calmed down and I waited with him until an ambulance came.”
However, it wasn’t until a year after the incident that David realized he wasn’t quite the superhero he thought he was.
The 49-year-old star said, “I was in a restaurant and he came up to me and said, ‘Remember me. You gave me the Heimlich, but I was just having an anxiety attack.’ I’m thinking, ‘Thank God I didn’t kill him.’ Anyway, he bought me a drink.”