I love House. I love Emma Thompson (come on – how could you not?) and the rumoured merging of the two could leave me so excited that I might need to lie down in a darkened room. IMDb is reporting that Oscar winner Em (I saw her once from afar, and so now feel like we’re on first name terms), wants to be in the hit medical drama alongside ex-boyfriend Hugh Laurie. The two have remained chums since they dated back in their Cambridge days (pictured right), starring together in Peter’s Friends and Sense and Sensibility.

Hugh is just as excited at the prospect saying “She (Thompson) genuinely does watch it. It obviously goes out in a different season in the U.K. but she does follow the show and likes it very much and would love to be on it.” However, our Hugh is no mug and is keen not to sound like a demanding diva, dictating who should star in his show: “Obviously I would never feel I was in a position to treat this as some sort of club, where I can have… ‘Oh, just mention my name. They’ll let you in.’” But perhaps you could make an exception for Emma? Make it happen, make it happen, make it happen!