The painful reason Emma Thompson won't be in the Love Actually reunion
 

The painful reason Emma Thompson won't be in the Love Actually reunion
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Disclaimer: this article will break your heart.*

It was an**unced last week that Love Actually is getting a spring sequel — 14 years later (because Christmas is all around us even in March, eh?!).

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The short film - also written and directed by Richard Curtis — will reunite old cast members and catch up with their characters in 2017.*

However, Emma Thompson won't be joining co-stars Hugh Grant, Bill Nighy, Liam Neeson, Martine McCutcheon, Colin Firth and Keira Knightley.*

The reason is as simple as it is heart-breaking.*

Her close friend and partner in the film Alan Rickman died last year and it would be too painful.* Read more...

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