 The dolls that Emma Thompson (I) (qv) holds up are Ken dolls  dressed in drag. Richard Curtis (I) (qv) just asked the prop  people to take Ken and put him in dresses. Emma Thompson (I) (qv)  had such a difficult time with the scene, saying she just could not  lift the dolls knowing that they were Ken in drag, but in the end  she gave in and shot the scene.