Emma Thompson shares what she really thinks happens to her character at end of Love Actually

Emma Thompson has shared what she really thinks happens to her character at the end of one of the most popular festive films.

The film in question is Love Actually, obviously. Whether you love it or hate it, there’s no denying it’s earned that top spot as one of the modern Christmas classics.

And part of that is owed to its absolutely stacked cast, with Thompson, of course, playing the role of Karen, alongside the likes of Alan Rickman as her character’s husband, Harry, plus Liam Neeson, Hugh Grant and Keira Knightley.

Richard Curtis’ iconic watch might be a feel-good film for the most part, but it also gets viewers pretty riled up – particularly over Harry’s affair. I mean, is there anything more heartbreaking than watching Karen open up her Joni Mitchell CD? Oof, right in the feels.

Karen deserved better. (Universal Pictures)

Even though Rowan Atkinson’s Rufus had somewhat tried to expose his deeds while wrapping up the necklace, it was that CD that exposed him as viewers sobbed along with Thompson.

But at the end of the film, it wasn’t totally clear as to where the couple stood in their relationship, heading ‘home’ together at Heathrow Airport.

And it seems that big fan Timothée Chalamet has been wondering this too, as he appeared alongside Thompson and Atkinson on Graham Norton’s red sofa.

“I was rewatching it last night, and that’s a sort of complicated ethical storyline,” he said to the star, “because you guys resolve the dispute quite easily.”

However, Thompson disagrees with this point, as she shared what she reckons really happens.

“Do you think? I don’t think so,” she told the Marty Supreme star. “I think that when he gets off that plane – Alan Rickman, God rest him, playing my husband – I think you just don’t know.

“You know it’ll never be the same again, that’s the thing.”

And scriptwriter Emma Freud also coughed up some info on this when she went to a midnight screening of Love Actually back in 2015.

Posting on Twitter throughout the watch, she gave little titbits of information and trivia, such as revealing her partner, director Curtis, only called Colin Firth’s character ‘Jamie’ so that the kids could then say ‘I hate uncle Jamie’.

“His brother is called Jamie,” Freud revealed.

While she was posting away, one fan took the opportunity to ask her to explain the outcome for Karen and Harry.

“They stay together, but home isn’t as happy as it once was,” the writer revealed.

To be honest, I’d rather not have known. Karen should have left that manchild, let’s be real.