Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page details being held hostage by taxi driver who demanded nude photos
ok.co.ukJoanna Page has opened up about a life-threatening situation she faced when she was a young actress - being held hostage by a taxi driver who demanded nude photographs.The Gavin and Stacey star, 46, was filming a costume drama in South Africa when the incident occurred.
She revealed that she'd been given a driver and chaperone and told not to go out alone but left the hotel by herself one evening.
Speaking to the Times, she added: “I was dropped off at the hotel and told not to go out anywhere alone, but one night I was so bored in the hotel I decided to take a taxi to go out shopping. "The receptionist called me a cab but kept telling me it was a bad idea.
I went to a shopping centre and when it got to about 5.30pm the mood just completely changed. "I was stranded without the number of my chaperone and had no idea how to get back so got into a random taxi.The driver drove me around for about an hour and refused to take me back to the hotel.
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