Emma Thompson Won't Appear In The Love Actually Reunion For One Heartbreaking Reason
Emma Thompson Won't Appear In The Love Actually Reunion For One Heartbreaking Reason
Emma Thompson, who played Karen, the woman who found out her husband was having an affair, in Love Actually, won't be appearing in the Red Nose Day short reunion, and you'll need to pull out your tissues when you learn the reason why.
Emma Thompson, who played Karen, the woman who found out her husband was having an affair, in Love Actually, won't be appearing in the Red Nose Day short reunion, and you'll need to pull out your tissues when you learn the reason why.
In 2003, Love Actually became an instant romantic and holiday classic, highlighting several different intertwining stories about love. On of the most standout of these stories was that of Karen, played by Emma Thompson, who finds out that her husband Harry, played by Alan Rickman, is cheating on her.
Their chemistry was perfect, and it is this perfect chemistry that makes it impossible now for Emma Thompson to return in the reunion for Red Nose Day. After Alan Rickman's death only a year ago, writer and director Richard Curtis and Thompson both agreed that it would not be right for her to appear in the sketch without Rickman. Thompson described their decision:
Richard wrote to me and said 'Darling I can't write anything for you because of Alan' and I said 'No, of course you can't, it would be sad, too sad, it's too soon.'
Emma Thompson
Reuters, February 24, 2017
Thompson went on to explain that Red Nose Day things are supposed to be funny and that her presence combined with the absence of Rickman would bring down the mood.
It's absolutely right, it's supposed to be for Comic Relief and there isn't much comic relief in the loss of our dear friend really only just over a year ago... We thought and thought but it just seemed wrong.
Emma Thompson
Reuters, February 24, 2017
But now, what we would like to know is...
Do you wish Emma Thompson was appearing in "Red Nose Day Actually"?
Do you wish Emma Thompson was appearing in "Red Nose Day Actually"?
Any other thoughts? Talk to us about them in the comments below, and share with your friends to see what they think! And as a consolation prize for not having Emma Thompson in the reunion, here are our favorite things about her in the film: