Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/26/13 at 4:05pm
I have always loved Emma Thompson as an actress. I think she is one of the most brilliant talents out there.
Recently I've started watching the sketch show Alfresco from the 1980s and I'm just blown away by how many different and believable characters she can create.
There is truly none like her.
#2Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/26/13 at 4:28pmI love her. I had a mad crush on her in high school. I am rather baffled by a few of her role choices, though. Junior? Beautiful Creatures? Really?
JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#2Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/26/13 at 4:55pmI cannot even remember why exactly, but just within the past week or so I was thinking how freaking cool Emma Thompson is. For real.
#3Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/27/13 at 9:23am
Cameos in Harry Potter movies and voiceovers aren't enough. I wish she was in more films.
I'm looking forward to seeing her play P.L. Travers later this year, though.
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Musicaldudepeter
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/18/10
#4Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/27/13 at 9:57amThompson was robbed of an Oscar nomination for her role in Love Actually. She got a BAFTA nod, but richly deserved a Globe and Oscar nods for the performance. Heartbreaking and hilarious all in one.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#5Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/27/13 at 10:08amShe definitely has a comedic background from her hanging around Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
#6Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/27/13 at 11:18amI love the film Peter's Friends.
#7Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/27/13 at 12:18pm
Everyone has a line or two on their CV that doesn't seem to make sense. I mean, Jeremy Irons and Viola Davis are in Beautiful Creatures too, after all!
Thompson is probably my favorite working actress. I'd love to see her on stage in anything.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#9Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/27/13 at 3:44pm
Beautiful Creatures had potential, but good LORD, the accents!
So, what's your absolutely favorite Emma Thompson film?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#10Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/27/13 at 3:49pm
"So, what's your absolutely favorite Emma Thompson film?"
Remains of the Day
followed very closely by Love, Actually
In both movies, she nails vulnerability like very few have ever done.
#11Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/27/13 at 3:52pm
And she's a great writer too...winning an Oscar for adapting Sense and Sensibility.
My favorite role of hers was actually Emily, the nurse, in Angles in America. It was such a change from what I had ever seen her in.
I think her career will pick up as she starts to take roles that Judi Dench and Susan Saradon might have played.
#12Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/27/13 at 4:22pmI LOVE her in Much Ado.
#13Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/27/13 at 5:23pmHoward's End is my favorite performance and Sense and Sensibility is my favorite overall film.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#15Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/28/13 at 5:12pmI think I watched Dead Again about 1002 times in high school.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#17Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/28/13 at 6:07pm
"hanging around" Fry & Laurie?
She introduced them to each other and she dated Laurie for a while- a tich more than hanging around!
#18Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/28/13 at 8:46pm
One of my top favorite Hollywood acceptance speeches.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5prYhXQtCk
#19Emma Thompson
Posted: 4/29/13 at 5:41pmHer performance in "Wit" was heartbreaking. That scene with Audra McDonald and Emma eating the ice lollies get's me every time.
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