OSCAR winner Helen Mirren is apparently scared of answering the telephone.
The star of The Queen and Prime Suspect, who took top honours at both the Oscars and the Royal Television Society Programme Awards, allegedly told Now magazine that using the phone makes her so nervous that she tries not to make any calls and uses an answerphone to avoid having to pick them up herself.
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