Chip Somodevilla/Getty;Neil Mockford/FilmMagic 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 "I thought it was a joke," Thompson said at the Locarno Film Festival, joking that she "could have changed the course of American history" Thompson is now married to Greg Wise, whom she wed in 2003 The same dayEmma Thompsonreceived her divorce decree, she also received a call fromDonald Trump, the actress says. While speaking at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland — where she was honored for her career accomplishments with theLeopard Club Awardon Friday, Aug. 8 — Thompson, 66, revealed that the now-president asked her on a date the very same day her andKenneth Branagh's divorce was finalized. According toThe Telegraph, the actress said she was in a trailer on the set of the 1998 dramedyPrimary Colorswhen her phone rang, and she answered it to hear the businessman, 79, say: "Hello, this is Donald Trump." https://people-app.onelink.me/HNIa/kz7l4cuf "I thought it was a joke and asked, 'How can I help you?' Maybe he needed directions from someone," Thompson said, according toThe Telegraph. "Then he said: 'I'd love you to come and stay at one of my beautiful places. Maybe we could have dinner.' " Her response, she said at the Swiss festival, was, "Well, that's very sweet. Thank you so much. I'll get back to you." TheLove Actuallystar said she thinks Trump — who had separated from his second wife, modelMarla Maples, around the same time — had members of his staff searching for someone "suitable" for him to date, according toThe Telegraph. "I realized that on that day, my divorce decree had come through. And I bet he's got people looking for suitable people he could take out on his arm. You know, a nice divorcée, that's what he was looking for," she said at the film festival, where her upcoming thrillerThe Dead of Winteralso premiered. "And he found the number in my trailer. I mean, that's stalking," she added, perThe Telegraph, before pondering — and joking about — what may have happened should she have accepted the dinner invitation. Said Thompson: "I could have gone on a date with Donald Trump, and then I would have a story to tell. I could have changed the course of American history." Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Thompson and Branagh, 64, first met on the set of the 1987 miniseriesFortunes of War, and married in 1989 before splitting six years later followingthe actor's affairwith another actress,Helena Bonham Carter. Karwai Tang/WireImage TheNanny McPheestar went on to marry her current husband,Greg Wise, in 2003, years after they first met on the set of 1995'sSense and Sensibility. The couple share two children, son Tindyebwa "Tindy" Agaba and daughter Gaia, 25, the latter of whomaccompanied her mom to the Locarno Film Festival. Trump, meanwhile, split from Maples, 61, in May 1997. He was previously married to his first wife,Ivana Trump, and later remarried, tying the knot withMelania Trumpin 2005. Read the original article onPeople
