Line of Duty star Anna Maxwell Martin reveals bizarre food phobia & requests other actors keep items off set
ACTRESS Anna Maxwell Martin says she has a bizarre sandwich phobia and has to ask other actors to keep them off set.
The Line of Duty star says her fear may be linked to her hatred of mayonnaise, and she also cannot bear to be near an open fridge.
Anna, 47, said: “I think I’ve got phobic food issues.
“Not in the room, not in the house. If I’m on a set and sandwiches are brought on — it’s hard for me to even say that word — I’d have to say ‘get that out’.
“Sorry other actors, you’re not eating. Or if you want to eat, step outside. But not in here.”
Anna thinks her problems stem from her pregnancies with her two daughters.
She said: “I think there is a trauma. It’s not about sandwiches, but I was sick all through my pregnancies. Sick, sick, sick as a dog. So now I also have a problem with fridges as well.
“Oh my God, I can open a fridge and be like ‘not for me, not staying here, not eating here’.
“Someone was saying to me the other day that she doesn’t like the sound of chewing gum or the sound of things and she said maybe you have a similar thing about foods.
“I was on a train yesterday with sandwiches and it was a nightmare.”