

Lumsden is married to Thompson's younger sister, Sophie Thompson, who also was featured in two movie adaptations of Jane Austen's books, Screen Two: Persuasion (1995) and Emma (1996).

Interestingly, Richard Lumsden, who portrayed Thompson's on-screen love interest's brother Robert Ferrars, is her actual brother-in-law. Together, they have one adopted son and one biological daughter. Thompson and Wise were together for eight years before getting married. Although they portray love interests on-screen, Winslet and Wise dated only briefly in reality before Wise took to Winslet's on-screen sister, Dame Emma Thompson. There is an ironic twist surrounding the casting of Kate Winslet, Dame Emma Thompson, and Greg Wise.
