Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley had to run for her life during a stroll in the English countryside, when a stampeding herd of cattle threatened to trample her to death.

I went for a walk in where we were staying and I turned around and an entire herd of cows were running at me down a hill. I've never run so fast in my life

The actress was on a break between scenes on the set of period movie The Duchess when the angry cattle attacked - and she was grateful to escape with her life.

Knightley says, "I went for a walk in where we were staying and I turned around and an entire herd of cows were running at me down a hill. I've never run so fast in my life. I actually managed to vault this incredibly high stone wall.

"Death by cow would be a really bad way to go. They weren't even bulls, they were dairy cows."

British actresses Sienna Miller And Keira Knightley shunned the Hollywood lifestyle while shooting a movie together - they preferred crossword puzzles to crazy nights out.

The duo lived together on location in Wales while filming Dylan Thomas biopic The Edge Of Love in 2007. And Miller insists her pal's level head meant evenings indoors playing cards rather than partying.

She tells Britain's Daily Express newspaper, "(Knightley's) ridiculously mature for her age. I am 12 compared with her.

"We lived in a house in Wales together. We'd play cards, do crosswords, that kind of thing."