Actor to rescue after woman collapses

A woman whose life was saved by Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey today thanked the Wedding Planner star for his swift action.

Janice Flisfeder, 49, collapsed in a cinema in Toronto where she was watching a screening of the actor’s latest film, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, when McConaughey came to her rescue.

He gave her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, an action which saved her life, according to police in Canada.

Today she told a local newspaper: ‘‘I fainted. I think it was not eating much and standing in lines all day.

‘‘I felt a man stroking my hair and kissing my forehead saying, ’It’s okay sweetheart’, and realised it wasn’t my husband.’’

The mother-of-three added: ‘‘When I opened my eyes and looked back to him I just thought, ‘Nah, can’t be’.’’

McConaughey brushed off his heroism and said: ‘‘It was no big deal, she needed help, and I was there.’’

Amy Irving, his co-star in the film said: ‘‘He gave her mouth-to-mouth. He’s a hero, he did something when the rest of us didn’t know what to do.’’