Emma Thompson has revealed that Donald Trump called to ask her out to dinner in the '90s on the same day her divorce from ex-husband Kenneth Branagh was finalized. While sharing the story at the Locarno Film Festival on Aug.

The “Sense and Sensibility” star says President Donald Trump called her to ask her out on a date, while she was on the set of the 1998 film “Primary Colors.” Speaking to an audience at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland on Saturday, Thompson said the then-real estate magnate called her on the day her divorce from Branagh was finalized.

Emma Thompson’s career has been dotted with moments of heroism, but a new revelation prompts speculation about the role she might have played in the life choices of Donald Trump. According to the two-time Academy Award winner,