Daredevil Swank surprised boyfriend with flight

Hilary Swank surprised her boyfriend by giving him a lift during one of her flight lessons.

The actress – who recently portrayed aviator Amelia Earhart in ‘Amelia’ – took a detour during her training for her pilot’s license, cancelled partner John Campisi’s flight and took her plane to pick him up instead.

She said: “I absolutely love flying. I picked up my boyfriend from a meeting in Las Vegas. I said to my instructor: ‘Can we pick my boyfriend up?’ and he said ‘Sure.’

"So we flew to Vegas and showed up at the airport. John said: ‘You cancelled my flight and I’m getting in that plane?’ And I’m like: ‘You’d better – we flew all this way to get you!’ He white-knuckled it the whole flight.”

The 35-year-old actress – who had to learn how to fly for her role in the film – claims she wasn’t frightened by her lessons and loves trying out new and “exhilarating” dare-devil stunts.

She said: “Not many things make me nervous. Flying, skydiving and bungee jumping are exhilarating: a reminder that you’re alive.”