Woody Harrelson gave up his need for speed after he was carjacked at gunpoint.

The actor splashed out on a sports car after finding fame in 1980s sitcom Cheers - but the extravagant status symbol attracted the wrong kind of attention. Harrelson was only saved from being shot at or robbed by his own clumsiness.

He tells Maxim magazine, "Right around the time I began doing Cheers, I bought this used Porsche - the same one Tom Cruise had in Risky Business. On the first night, some guy pulled a gun and tried to carjack me. I was so scared I dropped the keys. This guy's got a gun pointed at me, counting to five. He got to four, and I'm like, 'I can't find them!' Finally he just ran off."

The star traded in the car and now drives a Volkswagen Beetle.

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