At the Locarno Film Festival, actress Emma Thompson shared a peculiar story about a phone call she received from Donald Trump, the current President of the United States. While filming the 1998 movie Primary Colors, Thompson was in her trailer one day when she got an unexpected call.
“It was Donald Trump. He said, ‘Hello, this is Donald Trump?'” Thompson recalled, joking that she initially thought it was a prank. “I said, ‘How can I help you?’ Maybe he needed directions from someone,” she quipped. She continued, “And then he said, ‘I’d love you to come and stay at one of my beautiful places. Maybe we could have dinner.’ I said, ‘Well, that’s very sweet. Thank you so much. I’ll get back to you.'”
The British actress noted her surprise at how Trump had managed to get her private trailer phone number. She later connected the dots. Thompson revealed that on that very same day, her divorce decree had been finalized. “I bet he’s got people looking for suitable people he could take out on his arm,” she mused. “You know, a nice divorcee, that’s what he was looking for.” She concluded, “And he found the number in my trailer. I mean, that’s stalking.” Thompson jokingly added that she could have gone on a date with Trump and “changed the course of American history,” providing a humorous end to the story.
