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, the real estate magnate tracked her down in the late 1990s, offering her a place to stay and proposing a dinner date. The big night didn’t happen…but what if it had?

Thompson dropped this bombshell at Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival Saturday, during a free-to-attend “in conversation” event with documentarian and Nocturno Cinema founder Manlio Gomarasca . When asked about her role in the film adaptation of Joe Klein ’s novel Primary Colors , Thompson did not hold back.

“It feels like a long time ago now, doesn’t it? Oh, if only we could just

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