Emma Thompson Makes Honest Admission About Her Harry Potter Role

Dame Emma Thompson in 2023With a career that stretches back more than 40 years, everyone has a Dame Emma Thompson role they most associate her with.Many of us can’t see her without getting a bit choked up thanks to her tear-jerking performance in the festive rom-com Love Actually, while for others, her signature role was in period dramas like Howard’s End and Sense & Sensibility (both of which earned her Oscar wins, by the way).Then there are younger millennials who best remember her as Nanny McPhee, while more recently, she gave a chilling turn as the steely MP Vivienne Rook in Russell T Davies’ dystopian Years And Years.And, of course, there are thousands around the globe to whom Dame Emma will always be best remembered for her performance as the eccentric and scatty divination professor Sybill Trelawney in the Harry Potter films.Emma Watson and Dame Emma Thompson on the set of the third Harry Potter filmHowever, it seems that the woman herself doesn’t quite hold that franchise as dear to her heart as some of her fans.During a recent Q&A at the Locarno film festival, Variety reported Dame Emma as saying of her stint in Harry Potter: “I don’t mean to be rude, but I came in, did the bit with glasses and hair, and left.”The two-time Oscar winner made her debut as Professor Trelawney in the third film, Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, reprising the role twice more in The Order Of The Phoenix and the final film, The Deathly Hallows, part two.Elsewhere in the conversation, Dame Emma also admitted she’s surprised at the enduring appeal of Love Actually.“I think [Dame Emma’s character hit] a nerve because we, women, when we are experiencing heartbreak, sometimes we have to hide it,” she said. “What moves you is not her crying, it’s her covering it up, going downstairs and being cheerful.”Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Dame Emma Thompson in Love ActuallyShe added: “[It’s a] constant source of astonishment to me [that the film has become so iconic]. It’s a little bit weird!”Dame Emma also shared a story about how she was once contacted by Donald Trump asking her out – which she later realised was on the same day that her divorce from her first husband was made final.READ MORE:Tom Felton Shrugs Off JK Rowling Controversy After Announcing Harry Potter ReturnMichelle Gomez Reacts To Backlash Over Her Role In New Harry Potter SeriesNick Frost Addresses Controversy Over JK Rowling's Views After Joining Harry Potter TV Series

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Emma Thompson Makes Honest Admission About Her Harry Potter Role