Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, October 2, 1995 TAG: 9510020134
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
``Our work has inevitably led to our spending long periods of time away from each other and, as a result, we have drifted apart,'' they said in a statement published Sunday by Press Association, the British news agency.
They decided to announce the split after a newspaper, The Mail on Sunday, ran a story quoting the couple's friends as saying the marriage was over.
The two wed in 1989, when Thompson was 30 and Branagh 28. They worked together on several successful films, but Thompson's 1993 Oscar for ``Howard's End'' set them on different paths. She became a hot Hollywood property. By contrast, Branagh's 1994 flirtation with Hollywood, ``Frankenstein,'' flopped, and he returned to making smaller European films.
by CNB