Last Christmas: Emma Thompson reveals George Michael gave his blessing for film starring Emilia Clarke

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Emma Thompson has revealed that George Michael gave her his blessing to write the forthcoming film Last Christmas. The festive romantic comedy stars Emilia Clarke as Kate, a down-on-her-luck woman who meets Tom after accepting a job as a department store elf during the Christmas holidays. “This wonderful producer, David Livingstone, said: ‘Do you want to write a screenplay, a rom-com sort of thing, because we need a new Christmas movie based on “Last Christmas”,’ and I said: ‘Not really, because it’s not my favourite Christmas song,’” Thompson said. So we lost him, and I miss him so much.” Thompson described the film as “like being hugged” and said the soundtrack includes a new Michael song, ‘Heal the Pain’, which was written for the film.