Why Pike plays it cool . . .

GONE GIRL star Rosamund pike blames her english rose looks for the perception that she’s an aloof ice maiden.

‘ I wonder whether my pale complexion and hair colour don’t contribute to a lack of warmth people feel,’ says pike, who plays war correspondent Marie colvin in the new film A private War.

‘I don’t really care too much about how I am personally perceived. It’s my characters that I value, and the desire to get their lives and their humanity down. Film isn’t some sort of personality contest.’