Dixie wasn’t the only one experiencing this in the newest episode. 9-1-1: Nashville Since LeAnn Rimes is also trying to overcome her fear of snakes and airplanes.
“I remember not flying for about two years after 9/11. I took a tour bus everywhere, and one day I said, ‘This is ridiculous. I’m going to have to fly,'” said Rimes, 44. We about past flight anxiety. “I surrender it to something bigger than me and say, ‘If it’s my time, it’s my time.’ I have to do this to do my job, so I made peace with that years ago.
In the episode of the ABC program that aired on Thursday, November 5, Dixie was stranded on a plane full of cobras. To make matters worse, the plane nearly crashed, leading Dixie to sing “Amazing Grace” as she braced for possible death.
“‘It’s funny because I’ve literally had this thought so many times about what song I should sing to comfort myself. If this is going on, what would be the last song I’d want to sing?’ “I said,” Rimes recalled. “And it’s always been ‘Amazing Grace.’ It was so real to me. ‘I love that we’re doing this because I’ve had that thought so many times before.’ I said. So I got to play it without having to play it in real life.
He continued: “I know people are afraid of flying. I was for a while, then I finally made peace with it. But I wouldn’t make peace with snakes on a plane, and I hope that never happens.”
Despite the near-death scene, Rimes wasn’t too worried about her future on the show, adding: “We’re not there. She’s fine. I loved this episode because it was the first time I’d ever done anything like this before. I had a lot of fun, but I absolutely hate snakes, so this was very interesting to me. I felt like it was kind of therapeutic because I had recurring snake dreams as a kid.”
Rimes was also thankful that no real snakes were involved in the filming of the episode.
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“’Are we using real snakes?’ I thought. I actually felt sad about it because I knew they would never put me in danger. I was open to it. “I thought, ‘Whatever we need to do to make this as realistic as possible,’” he recalled. “There’s a lot of heart in the entire episode. You’ll see Dixie in a new light.”
“Like all our episodes, it’s absolutely crazy, and at the same time I think there’s a beautiful foundation of humanity in it,” he concluded.
9-1-1: Nashville ABC airs Thursdays at 9pm ET.