Emma Thompson's 'very badly broken heart' over cheating husband inspired Love Actually's crying necklace scene
ok.co.ukIt was released 20 years ago, but watching Love Actually over the Christmas period has become as much of a tradition as snogging under the mistletoe and overcooking the turkey.
Somehow, we never tire of seeing a distraught Karen (Emma Thompson) sob in her bedroom after discovering the necklace her husband Harry, played by the late, great Alan Rickman, bought her for Christmas was actually a gift for his beautiful new assistant Mia (Heike Makatsch).
And every year our heart aches for poor Mark (Andrew Lincoln), as he pines for his best friend’s new wife Juliet (Keira Knightley), then declares his feelings by holding up handwritten signs outside her front door on Christmas Eve.
What’s more we’re guaranteed to giggle — and slightly die inside with embarrassment — when we get to the scene where smitten Prime Minister David (Hugh Grant) grooves around 10 Downing Street to Jump (For My Love) by The Pointer Sisters, after realising he’s in love with Martine McCutcheon’s character, tea lady Natalie.
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