Davis worried about London trip

Actress Hope Davis is losing sleep as she plans for an upcoming trip to England, and not just because she'll be playing former U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton - she's terrified of flying.

Ironically, the About Schmidt star's father was a pilot, but that fact doesn't make the thought of her trip to London, where she'll star in The Special Relationship, any easier.

She says, "I always step on the plane with my right foot and touch the outside of the plane with my left hand. Sometimes there's someone standing there to welcome you to the plane and I have to kind of get them to move a little bit so I can put my hand on the outside of the plane.

"It's not a natural thing to be up in the sky in a little metal tube. My father was a pilot, my father who's long gone, he was a pilot of small planes, so we'd travel to family gatherings... It wasn't a good thing. I think my fear came early.

"My husband sleeps on planes. Completely relaxed. 'What's there to be scared of? It's the safest way to travel,' they keep saying to me. I'm sure it's going to end up sounding like I'm completely neurotic. I'm actually just a little overwhelmed at this point. I'm actually better when I'm flying with my children. I think, 'Well, if we go, we go!'"

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