When it comes to saving the day, Maria Bello isn’t confined to her reel-life role in the upcoming “Mummy.” The actress recently became a real-life hero during a flight from Los Angeles to New York.
Bello was sitting in coach (yes, we were surprised by that as well) when 15 minutes after takeoff, passengers were alarmed by deafening screams coming from a woman who was suffering from a paranoid schizophrenic attack in the front section.
“The flight attendants didn’t know what to do. But weirdly enough I did because I’ve had a lot of mental illness around me in my life,” Bello told Pop Tarts. “It was really scary. They thought they were going to have to make an emergency landing.”
The “Coyote Ugly” starlet was able to use her skills to calm the passenger down and actually ended up sitting with her for the duration of the flight, praying and taking control of the situation.
“It made me feel really happy that I’d had these experiences with other people and knew what to do,” she said.
Something else you might be surprised to know about the starlet is that she never envisioned herself as one to settle down. Although she’s not married to her longtime lover, TV executive Dan McDermott, Maria said the most significant discovery she’s made is that it is truly possible to find that one special somebody.
“I’ve learned to believe in commitment, a long-term commitment,” she added. “I never thought I could be that girl. And now I am.”
We also asked co-star Brendan Fraser what his biggest discovery in life has been, but he said it was a little too steamy to be publicly exposed. …
