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‘Too sad, too soon’: Emma Thompson rules out Love Actually return

Emma Thompson still hasn't recovered from the loss of friend and co-star Alan Rickman.

Emma Thompson still hasn't recovered from the loss of friend and co-star Alan Rickman.

Love Actually star Emma Thompson says it is “too sad and too soon” after the death of her co-star Alan Rickman for her to take part in the film’s Comic Relief sequel.

Thompson and Rickman played husband and wife in the hit romantic comedy, which will be revived by director Richard Curtis for the charity broadcast, but the actress will not be taking part.

Rickman died aged 69 in January 2016 and Thompson said she had agreed with the makers of the sequel that it wouldn’t feel right to take part without Rickman.

“It’s too soon. It’s absolutely right because it’s supposed to be for Comic Relief, but 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 but to revisit the wonderful fun characters of Bill Nighy and Hugh Grant and Liam [Neeson] and all of that, that’s fantastic but obviously what would he have done?”

Grant, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth and Rowan Atkinson will all appear in the 10-minute film, which will show what the original characters are doing in 2017, 14 years after the movie was released.

The short film, dubbed Comic Relief Actually, will air during the Red Nose Day broadcast on March 24 on BBC1.

– AAP

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