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In her new film Up in the Air, Vera Farmiga portrays corporate executive and frequent-flyer obsessed Alex, a love interest for George Clooney. Although in real life she’s married to musician Renn Hawkey of Deadsy and mom to 11-month-old Fynn, there was at least one aspect of the character that hit close to home.
“I find flying is like purgatory, but I love collecting airline miles just like she did,” Vera tells PARADE. “I hoard them, but then I spend them.”
“My parents don’t often get a chance to fly, and neither do my siblings, so I like to gift them and send them off on adventures. My 10-month-old is getting lots of miles of his own. He has his own frequent-flyer card and passport.”
With Vera’s busy career, Renn and Fynn are often along for the ride as she films on location. “My husband and I have made a pact,” she explains. “We are inseparable. He and my son just come along. I can’t handle it alone. I don’t like it when they’re not with me. I need them.”
Calling childbirth “just an incredible gift,” Vera, 36, says that motherhood both helped and hindered her approach to the role. “I never felt so empowered, so powerful, so womanly as I did after I gave birth,” she shares. “I felt more feminine than I ever had in my life. So I just rode that wave.”
At the same time — as a breastfeeding mom — Vera says that she had to take nursing breaks while filming — especially during love scenes!
“I’ll tell you what it was like when we locked lips,” Vera reveals. “We’d do it and then I’d say, ‘OK, George, now I’ve got to go breastfeed.’ Then I’d come back and be trying to find sort of clever positions to hide the wet spots on my silk blouse.”
There were also hormones to contend with, and Vera admits “I got very tired at times and, God knows, there were a lot of tears.”
Regardless, she says she had no reservations about accepting the role — or stepping into motherhood.
“The birth was going to be close to the start of filming and it was my first child–but, I come from a family of seven children. I was always very comfortable changing diapers. I felt confident that I’d be fine as a first time mother. I said to [director] Jason [Reitman], ‘This is a great creative opportunity and I could use a paycheck.’”
Up in the Air is in theaters now.
Source: PARADE
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