Beckinsale quite likes being scared

Los Angeles Aug 20 (IANS) Actress Kate Beckinsale says it s scary to be alone for the first time in 20 years as her daughter Lily prepares to go to university. But that s not necessarily a bad thing for her.

"It s incredibly exciting and scary. But then I quite like being scared. I ve lived under a structure of school terms for a long time " she said reports mirror.co.uk.

"Now I have this open landscape which I haven t had since I was 22. Separating is really hard but it s really important. It s the time when you are really called on to be an adult and the most adult thing you can do is let your children go " said Beckinsale now 44.

She has stayed in Los Angeles. But the "Pearl Harbor" star has always missed Britain where mother Judy and her close friends live.

"I go back a lot. In the last year or two I ve gone back to England so many times and I had that feeling of an aching familiarity. Yet it felt quite different as well and that made me feel really odd " she said.

"When you ve been away from where you were brought up for more than five years you re a stranger everywhere unfortunately.

"I ve been here in Los Angeles because Lily has been in school and we intended to stay for that period. Now she s no longer in school that s not the case any more and that s what is so lovely about this moment."

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