Hugh Grant Was Annoyed By Emma Thompson's 'Sense and Sensibility' Crying Scenes: He Was 'So Cross'

Emma Thompson's emotive acting style ruffled some feathers, actually.

The Oscar-winning actress, who iconically mourned Joni Mitchell in 'Love Actually,' revealed her co-star double Hugh Grant was frustrated by her improv tears during 1995's 'Sense and Sensibility'. won the Oscar for the screenplay of the film.

Thompson played Elinor Dashwood, who is secretly in love with Grant's character, Edward Ferrars, who is engaged to someone else. After learning that Edward had in fact not married, Elinor is overwhelmed with emotion.

"She wasn't aware of what was inside her, and it suddenly emerges," Thompson said in a profile, previously writing in her diary, "I was trying to make it as involuntary as possible A case where the diaphragm takes over.”

Still, Thompson's stage partner Grant was upset that Thompson's tears took away his grand monologue.

"Hugh Grant was so angry," Thompson said. "He said, 'Are you going to cry through my speech? "I said, 'Hugh, I have to do this. It's the gag. It’s funny.’ And he said, ‘Yeah, but I’m talking.’ I said, ‘I know.’”

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Thompson in 2018 that Grant was shocked by the outcome of "Love Actually".

"I remember he came out behind me after we saw the premiere and said, 'I don't know about you, but this is the most psychotic thing I've ever been into. popped up," Grant recalled telling her. "We had no idea people would get so fond of it."

Grant said later that same year that Thompson was a “genius” but,” jokingly, “She just got crazier and crazier as the years passed.”

Since collaborating with Grant on screen in two films, Thompson penned the screenplay for "Bridget Jones' Baby," the franchise's first installment without Grant's character.

This year, Thompson appears in three films, with "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande", "What's Love Got to Do With It?" and "Road Dahl's Matilda the Musical". The Oscar winner is also writing a musical "Nanny McPhee" based on the "Nurse Matilda" novels. Thompson wrote the screenplay for the 2005 adaptation and its 2010 sequel, "Nanny McPhee Returns."

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