The necklace scene is real life for the actress deceived by Kenneth Branagh in 1995.
Updated December 19, 2024: With the Christmas holidays approaching, it's impossible to escape Mom I missed the plane Or Love Actually ! TF1 will rebroadcast the cult romantic comedy by Richard Curtis, at 9:10 p.m., this Thursday evening. Cult, yes, but also controversial, the film with Hugh Grant, Keira Knighyley and Liam Neeson being criticized today for his grossophobic jokesher lack of diversity or the clumsiness of one of her flirting sceneswhich can be perceived as inappropriate harassment towards one of its young heroines…
There are still relationships that ring true in Love Actuallynotably the sad story of the necklace symbol of deception between Emma Thompson And Alan Rickmanof which the actress told the behind-the-scenes story in the press six years ago. Flashback.
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News from March 1, 2018: Tuesday evening, while she participated in a fundraiser as part of the movement #MeToo (an evening followed byEvening Standardwho relays her words), the British actress Emma Thompson looked back on her career and her own romantic woes, detailing that she took inspiration from her personal life for her role as Karen in Love Actuallythe cult romantic comedy from Richard Curtis released in 2003.
She plays a mother who discovers her husband (Alan Rickman) cheats on her, finding a necklace in her pocket. She thinks it will be her Christmas present, but he ends up giving her a CD of Joni Mitchelland she then understands that the jewel was intended for another woman.
“This scene where my character cries next to the bed, it’s seen in real life. Everyone has been there,” confides the star of Nannie McPhee And Harry Potter.
She then adds that she had difficulty getting over her breakup with Kenneth Branaghthe actor and director whom she married in 1989, but whom she left six years later upon discovering that he had a mistress: Helena Bonham Carterwho was then the star of his adaptation of Frankenstein.
“Ken broke my heart, I knew what it felt like to find a necklace that wasn't meant for you. That's not exactly what happened to me, but we were in the same type of situation .”
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Since his divorce, pronounced in 1995, Emma Thompson shares the actor's life Greg Wise : “At the time, my job saved me. Then Greg saved me. He picked me up and helped me put the pieces back together.” The actress did not participate in the “following” of Love Actually in 2017, because this charitable short film project was launched shortly after the death of his gaming partner Alan Rickman. “It's too early. We thought about it a lot, but it didn't seem right. Richard wrote to me and said: 'My dear, we can't write anything for you because of Alan'and I answered him 'No, obviously, that would be sad, too sad.
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