Judi Dench pictured at the ‘Allelujah’ European Premiere during the 66th BFI London Film Festival at Southbank Centre on October 09, 2022.Photo:Mike Marsland/WireImage
Mike Marsland/WireImage
Judi Denchis opening up about her embarrassing moments.
Speaking onTheZoe Ball Breakfast ShowonBBC Radio 2 on Wednesday,alongside her friend and co-author Brendan O’Hea, Dench, 88, revealed that she once mistakenly FaceTimed someone while naked.
The actress explained, “Fint [Dench’s daughterFinty Williams] rang me one morning… and said, ‘It’s Chris Logan’s birthday and he’s having a walk with [actor]Ben Whishawin Regent’s Park… please wish him happy birthday?’ "
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From Left: Brendan O’Hea, Zoe Ball and Judi Dench.BBC
BBC
TheShakespeare in Lovestar — who shares Williams, 51, with her late husband, actor Michael Williams who died in 2001 at the age of 65 — then said she went upstairs to get into the bathtub and to send her friend a birthday message.
“So I picked up my phone… and I said, ‘Chris… Happy Happy’… and I just saw these two people turn and go shocked,” the star said. “Well… it was FaceTiming them… I don’t know about FaceTime… poor Chris… happy birthday!”
“What a birthday message… you can’t top that though can you,” host Ball joked.
Earlier this year, the screen legend spoke about her battle with macular degeneration, revealing that it has becomedifficult to learn her lines due to her eyesight loss.
“It has become impossible and because I have a photographic memory, I need to find a machine that not only teaches me my lines but also tells me where they appear on the page,” the Oscar winner said during an appearance onThe Graham Norton Showin February. “I used to find it very easy to learn lines and remember them. I could do the whole ofTwelfth Nightright now.”
Dench, who released her new bookShakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rentwith O’Hea in October, also spoke to Ball about the discovery of one of her late husband’s costumes.
Judy Dench and Finty Williams attend the 2023 Chelsea Flower Show.Jeff Spicer/Getty
Jeff Spicer/Getty
She explained that a costume collector wrote her a letter to say, “I have Michael’s tunic fromWhen Thou Art King… when he played Henry V.”
“It was the first thing I’d ever seen Mikey in… long before we were married,” Dench said. “So I said, ‘How fantastic,’ and she sent it to me."
“There was a wonderful moment when Fint opened this box and saw her dad’s costume," Dench said.
“The connection there,” O’Hea added. “Fint was in tears, Sammy [Dench’s grandson] was in tears and Judi was so emotional. It was just a beautiful moment… to see the whole family reunited… and also reunited through Shakespeare.”
source: people.com
