FLYING IN THE FACE OF FEAR

Katherine Kelly heads this tense crime drama about a flight attendant who's blackmailed into drug smuggling

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With roles in Happy Valley, The Crow Girl and Yorkshire Ripper drama The Long Shadow, Katherine Kelly is no stranger to gritty drama. However, it was her role in new crime thriller In Flight that took her to the darkest places.

Katherine plays Jo Conran, a flight attendant whose son, Sonny, is imprisoned in Bulgaria for murder. Early on, she meets Cormac (Stuart Martin), who charms her over a drink. But things take a turn for the worse when he turns out to be a violent gang leader who coerces Jo into using her job to smuggle drugs to keep her son alive.

"You have to let your imagination go somewhere dark," says mum-of-two Katherine. "Every actor's process is different but we all have to go to some dark places."