During the 78th Locarno Film Festival, Emma Thompson shared a surprising story from the late 1990s involving Donald Trump. Fresh from her divorce from Kenneth Branagh, she was on the set of *Primary Colors* when she got a call in her trailer. “A man introduced himself as Donald Trump,” she recalled, admitting she thought it might be a prank.

Trump invited her on a date, but she declined. Years later, she joked that accepting might have “changed the course of history” and suggested he may have been looking for a “nice divorcee” at the time.

Her divorce from Branagh in 1995 had been highly publicized, especially due to his rumored romance with Helena Bonham Carter. The media attention eventually faded, and all parties moved on peacefully.

Thompson later met actor Greg Wise on the set of *Sense and Sensibility*. They married in 2003, built a quiet family life with two children, and kept out of the tabloid spotlight.

Meanwhile, Bonham Carter had a long relationship with Tim Burton, and Branagh married Lindsay Brunnock. For Thompson, the Trump phone call remains a humorous footnote in a career and personal life defined more by love, family, and acting success than by missed dates.