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The comedy and action star takes a breather to talk about her daredevil tendencies and her favorite NYC retreat. Your new movie, Man on a Ledge, is intense! What was it like filming so high up? It was 22 stories above Madison Avenue, so a little over feet, I think. The ledge itself was 14 inches wide, and we were attached by wires to a rig above us. I like to say that I'm not afraid of heightsβI'm afraid of human error. We were harnessed in, but we were constantly checking to make sure no one had gone to the bathroom.
I hear you did all your own stunts. I'm a bit of a thrill-seeker in that regard. One of the reasons I liked the idea of the movie was the filmmakers' commitment to shooting [Sam Worthington and me up there] for real. It's an easy stunt to fake. We did have to do some things on the stage, but we wanted the audience to feel like they were up there with us and sense the stakes were legit.
What's the most daring thing you've done in real life? Probably cliff-diving from [the equivalent of] three or four stories high at Lake Mead, outside of Las Vegas.
You're basically climbing up canyon walls and jumping in head first. Speaking of potentially perilous situations, what's your dream scenario for your 30 Rock character, Avery, now that Kim Jong-Il's kicked the bucket? My dream scenario is that she was actually planted there by the [American] government this entire time.
