Emma Thompson delights young fans during tea

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Emma Thompson delights young fans during tea

Emma Thompson delights young fans at tea

Actress Emma Thompson visited the Margaret Mitchell House and held a teatime and Q&A with fans of her book and soon-to-come movie "Nanny McPhee Returns." Thompson ruffles up her hair after Jack Sorrells, 4, of Atlanta, asked about snakes and started mussing his hair, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at Commercial Row at the Margaret Mitchell House.

Zen Tea employee Rebecca Dickens offers kid-sized cups of herbal tea to the children who came to see actress Emma Thompson at Commercial Row at the Margaret Mitchell House on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Adults and children alike came to the event to ask Thompson questions and have her sign their copies of the "Nanny McPhee Returns" novel.

Children watch actress Emma Thompson arrive at Commercial Row at the Margaret Mitchell House on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010.

Actress Emma Thompson gestures while answering a question posed by Sheridan Stevens, 6, of Atlanta, as other children raise their hands during a Q&A session at Commercial Row at the Margaret Mitchell House.

Thompson demonstrates for about 50 children how her fake teeth for "Nanny McPhee Returns" were placed in her mouth, at Commercial Row at the Margaret Mitchell House. Every morning before filming, Thompson would sit for two hours in makeup to get her nose and ears enlarged, a few warts pasted on her face and a set of fake teeth -- complete with a snaggletooth -- placed in her mouth.

Actress Emma Thompson answers a child's question during a Q&A session about "Nanny McPhee Returns" on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at Commercial Row at the Margaret Mitchell House. The children's questions covered topics ranging from Thompson's makeup in the movie to the special effects used.

Actress Emma Thompson tries to decide whom to call on next during a Q&A session with young fans of her book and soon-to-come movie "Nanny McPhee Returns" on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at Commercial Row at the Margaret Mitchell House.

Thompson listens as Sheridan Stevens, 6, of Atlanta, asks a question about the buggy used in the book and soon-to-come movie "Nanny McPhee Returns," on Aug. 12, 2010, at Commercial Row at the Margaret Mitchell House.

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Actress Emma Thompson visited the Margaret Mitchell House and held a teatime and Q&A with fans of her book and soon-to-come movie "Nanny McPhee Returns." Thompson ruffles up her hair after Jack Sorrells, 4, of Atlanta, asked about snakes and started mussing his hair, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at Commercial Row at the Margaret Mitchell House.

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