Emma Thompson on why this ‘Love Actually’ scene has stood the test of time for viewers

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Nearly 20 years later, one scene in the holiday film 'Love Actually' continues to strike a chord with viewers — and Emma Thompson has a theory why.

following the death of co-star Alan Rickman, who played Harry in the original film.

“I was utterly, utterly blind ... What I learned was how easy it is to be blinded by your own desire to deceive yourself,” she said in an interview withThe two married in 1989, then separated and divorced six years later. Thompson and Branagh have together appeared in “Fortunes of War” and “Dead Again,” among other films.

She noted that her current husband, 56-year-old Greg Wise, then came along and"picked up the pieces and put them back together."Emma Thompson, on what she's learned about love over the years "Well, I think that it's a wonderfully important, essential muscle that needs to be used," she said."You can't just take it for granted, not love in relationships, not love in friendships."

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