'Love Actually' Script Editor Reveals Movie’s Secrets, Like What Happened With Karen and Harry’s Marriage
Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman in ‘Love Actually’ (Everett)
By THR Staff
On Saturday night, director Richard Curtis and his family went to see a midnight screening of his film, Love Actually. His partner Emma Freud said it was the first time Curtis was seeing the movie in a cinema since the premiere in 2003.
Freud, who was a script editor for the film written and directed by Curtis, live-tweeted the viewing that had only four other people in the audience. Her tweets provided insights into different plotlines and scenes in the movie, the biggest one being what happened with Karen (Emma Thompson) and Harry’s (Alan Rickman) relationship at the end of the film.
In the movie, Harry cheats on Karen with his secretary Mia. Karen finds out and confronts him, but the movie’s ending leaves their relationship status ambiguous.
“Good to have you back,” she tells him with a half-hearted smile at the airport.
When a fan asked Freud to clarify the ending, she said that the couple does in fact, stay married.
@JPerlstrom they stay together but home isn’t as happy as it once was.
— emma freud (@emmafreud)
Freud also said that Harry did completely cheat on Karen with Mia, another fact that was ambiguous to viewers in the movie.
@carlotta429 DEFINITELY had an affair. i begged richard just to make it a flirtation, but no. the whole way.
— emma freud (@emmafreud)
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Here are some other tidbits Freud revealed at the screening:
Richard only called colin firth’s character 'jamie’ so the kids could say 'I hate uncle jamie’. His brother is called jamie. #LoveActually
— emma freud (@emmafreud)
I stood in for hugh in the reverses when we filmed him knocking at the door of the house where the children dance. #LoveActually
— emma freud (@emmafreud)
THAT IS SCARLETT CURTIS THERE ON THE RIGHT. NOT EVEN JOKING. #LoveActually pic.twitter.com/BjsVMMXOD3
— emma freud (@emmafreud)
Just incase you were worried, martin freeman had a little sock on his willy. #LoveActually
— emma freud (@emmafreud)
In the original edit sam did amazing parcour all through the airport when he ran to find his girlfriend. #LoveActually
— emma freud (@emmafreud)
Originally Rowan’s character over-wrapped the gift on purpose to stop Alan rickman being able to buy the necklace. Because he was an angel.
— emma freud (@emmafreud)
January jones wrote half of her lines. She was sooooo funny when we filmed that scene. #LoveActually
— emma freud (@emmafreud)
I 'designed’ the kiss between colin firth and the Portuguese girl. My signature move? His thumb on her lip before they snog. #boom
— emma freud (@emmafreud)
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