It’s hard to imagine anyone saying anything less than glowing praise to Dame Judi Dench — the woman is an icon of stage and screen, after all.
However, Judi wasn’t always a legend. First, she was a legend-in-the-making, and Judi has revealed when she first started out that people were cruel.
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Judi is best known for her work as M in the *James Bond* series.
She’s also a 7 time Oscar nominee and starred in Shakespeare In Love, Mrs Brown, Chocolat, Iris, Mrs Henderson Presents, Notes On A Scandal , and many other films. She’s also appeared in a lot of stage plays and musicals as well.
When she went for her first movie audition, she was told something incredibly rude.
“I was told very early on I would never make films: ‘Wrong face,’” Judi recalled of the first director she auditioned for. “He said thank you very much, I don’t think you should consider films.”
“They told me I would never make a film. To which there is no reply. I put my chair against the wall. I am not quite sure why. I walked out.”
“I did not want to do films anyway. I never thought I’d have a future in films as the stage is my passion. It’s never ever the same in a theatre, never. You always got a different reaction to things,” Judi has since reflected .
Obviously, that director was wrong, and it’s a great thing Judi didn’t listen!
Just this year, Judi became Vogue’s oldest cover girl at the age of 85 , so it’s clear that Judi’s face was very, very right after all!
