FERRERA VISITS TROOPS IN IRAQ
Newly-engaged AMERICA FERRERA has visited U.S. troops serving in the Midd le East as part of a morale-boosting charity trip.
The former Ugly Betty actress and her fiance Ryan Piers William jetted out to Iraq earlier this month (Jun10) to spend time with soldiers statio ned there.
The star signed autographs and posed for pictures with the service men and women in conjunction with The United Service Organizations (USO) befo re flying straight to Scotland this week (beg13Jun10) for the Edinburgh I nternational Film Festival.
And Ferrera admits the experience was made more poignant because of her role in new movie The Dry Land, in which she plays the wife of a soldier who has recently come home from war.
Ferrera tells WENN, "We actually flew from Iraq to Edinburgh. It was a really incredible experience especially having spent a couple of years wo rking on The Dry Land… So then going to Iraq and meeting these soldiers and knowing in the back of our minds what struggles lie ahead for them c oming home… Having those conversations with them, a lot of them were op en to talk to us about their time there…
"It was really interesting to be welcomed by them. We were very well re ceived and they were grateful for the distraction and (it was) kind of a little bit of homecoming to them. We were just grateful to have that expe rience and be in an environment and gain a lot of perspective that most p eople will never have."
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