Emma Thompson

While promoting her upcoming Netflix movie Matilda the Musical, the 63-year-old actress revealed that she fractured her ankle "for no good reason" while filming ...

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In the aftermath of the accident, Thompson insisted that she donned a compression boot to help keep her ankle in place, although with stunts that included her swinging from a crane, perhaps the boot was just a fashion accessory at that point. And yet, such an unexpected roadblock certainly wasn’t going to stop the London-born actress from absolutely shining in the role — fractured ankle or not. Luckily, eagle-eyed fans who are knee-deep in the fascinating tale are set to be presented with an extra Christmas present this year.

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“Don’t worry, you’re on a crane.” I said, “Okay, that’s fine.”” All I did was that, and it was great. I wish you luck, Leo Grande is now available to watch on Hulu. [Matilda.](https://www.bolnews.com/entertainment/2022/10/kate-middleton-once-played-miss-trunchbull-in-matilda/) “I said, ‘I’m so sorry, I have to wear the boot,'” she remembers. “I thought, “That’s strange, I’ve never hurt myself that way before.” Well, that’s because I’m getting older.’ As my body changes, I have to take better care of it.” “Even though I’m strong, I can hurt myself because I’m getting older, and that was interesting.”

Emma Thompson performed a stunt with a fractured ankle on Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical.The actress 63, discovered “that I was sort of no longer as ...

Thompson then had to wear a compression boot on the Matilda set, “I said, 'I'm so sorry, I've got to wear the boot,’” she recalled. During the production of her new film, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, Thompson revealed that hurt herself pretty easily on set. “Whilst I'm strong, because I'm getting older, I can hurt myself, and that was interesting,” she added.

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No, she knows what it entails and I think that it’s enough that one of us has done it really. [To read the very best of today’s OK! “I think that is marvellous. So it was quite a thing, it’s a big old thing.” Oh my gosh he worked so hard, he has no weight to lose and he lost weight. He said: “I can categorically say no. [Karen Hauer](https://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/beauty/strictly-karen-hauer-growing-hair-25946521) on the BBC One show - had “inspired” her to “get herself on the dancefloor”, Emma firmly replied: “No, he took years off my life. “I think that we forget, time and time again, that love is all that matters,” Emma - who plays Karen whose husband Harry, played by Alan Rickamn, cheats on her in the film - said. [Love Actually ](https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/love-actually-stars-reunite-20-28619320)was filmed and Emma says the movie owes its enduring popularity to the fact we can all relate to its themes of love and loss. [Love Actually](https://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/love-actually-stars-now-cast-25473843) actress revealed: “He thought he was supposed to fall in love with Kate. She said: “I think to have slept with the same person for 25 years and still want to sleep with them is really great,” laughs Emma, who’s currently starring as Miss Trunchbull in the new musical adaptation of Matilda. [Emma Thompson](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/emma-thompson) has revealed that before she got together with her husband [Greg Wise](https://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/greg-wise-wife-emma-children-25042043), he had a date with an A-List star that didn’t quite go to plan.

During the production of her new film, Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, Thompson revealed that hurt herself pretty easily on set. “I fell over for no good ...

It's fine, you're on a crane.' I said, 'Okay, all right then.’” “And I thought, ‘That's kind of weird, I’ve never hurt myself like that. I've just fractured my ankle.’ They said, ‘It's okay, we're just turning you upside down.

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It’s fine, you’re on a crane.’ I said, ‘Okay, all right then.'” My body’s changing and I’ve got to be more careful with it,” Thompson added. “And I thought, ‘That’s kind of weird, I’ve never hurt myself like that.

British actress plays the terrifying headmistress in Netflix's Matilda the Musical, and its director says her appearance created the 'Darth Vader-type' ...