Emma Thompson reveals tragic detail behind iconic crying scene in Love Actually

Emma Thompson is starring in a new rom-com called What’s Love Got to Do With It? In a recent interview discussing the film, the actor revealed an interesting opinion regarding love.

‘Romantic love is a myth’

In her latest interview, Emma Thompson revealed that she doesn’t really believe that ‘romantic love’ exists and that it can be ‘quite dangerous.’ On the Radio Times podcast, she said:

We really do have to take [romantic love] with a massive pinch of salt.

Thompson then explained that she doesn’t think ‘happily ever after’ exists in the long-term relationship as they can be difficult and rocky:

Long-term relationships are hugely difficult and complicated. If anyone thinks that happy ever after has a place in our lives, forget it, and that’s what this film is about really.

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Emma Thompson’s love life

Emma Thompson has been married to her Sense and Sensibility co-star Greg Wise for 20 years. However, the Love Actually star hasn’t always had a successful love life.

Thompson was previously married to Belfast star, Kenneth Branagh from 1989 to 1995. Their marriage ended after Branagh cheated with fellow actress Helena Bonham Carter in 1994.

Thompson revealed to The Telegraph that she drew on her own experience for the iconic scene in Love Actually where she is crying in her bedroom on Christmas Eve.

That scene where my character is standing by the bed crying is so well known because it’s something everyone’s been through

Adding:

I had my heart very badly broken by Ken. So I knew what it was like to find the necklace that wasn’t meant for me. Well, it wasn’t exactly that, but we’ve all been through it.

Sources used:

The Independent: ‘Emma Thompson says ‘romantic love is a myth’ and ‘actually quite dangerous’

The Telegraph: ‘Emma Thompson on acting Love Actually betrayal: 'I had my heart very badly broken by Kenneth Branagh'