United Kingdom, July 28 -- Jason Bateman inadvertently got Nathan Fillion out of a speeding ticket due to a major mix-up.

The Rookie star Nathan - who plays a police officer in the show - has revealed his car was once pulled over by a real cop who seemingly recognised him and asked for an autograph but it turned out the officer had mistaken him for fellow actor Jason.

During an appearance at San Diego Comic Con in California on Monday (27.07.26), Nathan explained: "I got pulled over once and the officer looked at my ID and said: 'I recognize you're an actor'. I said: 'Yes . actually, I'm pretty good.'

"He said: 'If you give my wife an autograph, I'll let you off with a warning'. I said: 'Great.' He dials his phone. I said: 'What's your...