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.
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.
“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.”
"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.
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!
