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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Meredith Clark

Matthew Broderick says he was ‘mugged often’ while growing up in New York City

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Matthew Broderick has opened up about what it was like growing up in New York City.

The Ferris Bueller’s Day Off star, 61, recently spoke about his scary experience with muggers during his childhood in Manhattan. Broderick, who grew up near Washington Square Park, revealed that he was “mugged often” for simply being “a young guy” in the city.

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