"This absorbing biography tells the intriguing story of two young and already great actors' personal and professional sides, speculates on their individual futures, and examines how close their public image is to the reality of their lives." "Born in Belfast, Kenneth Branagh graduated from acting school to form his own theater and film companies. He now directs some of Hollywood's hottest films. Emma Thompson, the product of a theatrical family, emerged from the Cambridge Footlights as a skillful comedian and metamorphosed into an Oscar award-winning actress. Almost from the moment of their engagement, the two seemed inseparable both in their work and in the news." "As a result of the films directed by Branagh and starring them both - Henry V, Dead Again, and Much Ado About Nothing - and Thompson's Oscar for Howards End as well as her acclaimed performance in The Remains of the Day, the two have rapidly become established and powerful players in Hollywood and Europe."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved