By Miguel Mike Medina
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The 91-year-old British Academy Award-winning actress Judi Dench is a celebrated actress. Dench has done impeccable work in theatre and films.
Dench won an Oscar for her performance as Queen Elizabeth in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love. Dench began her career on stage. It would take years and years to find success in films. However, her passion will always be theater.
“I love the fact of a group of people trying to get it better every night,” Dench said. “In film, they say cut, and you can’t make it better.”
She has a point right there. There are artists who prefer theatre because of that, and also there’s a strong camaraderie and unity that’s built during rehearsal sessions. The chemistry is much better in theatre than film. In film, it’s more money and perhaps more exposure, but theater elevates the craft and talent of an artist.
Dench didn’t have a pleasant experience with a film producer. No names were mentioned. Dench would recall what that moment was like.
“I’m sorry he said you have every single thing wrong with your face. “So I said fine and walked out.”
Dench is strong-willed. She never had the desire to do cinema, but somehow film found her and chose her to do many films throughout her career. Dench has embraced her talent and on-screen talent. Dench has appeared in films such as GoldenEye, Pride and Prejudice, Casino Royale, My Week with Marilyn, Skyfall, Philomena, and Murder on the Orient Express.
Dench has worked with directors on more than one film, including Sam Mendes, Stephen Frears, and Kenneth Branagh, with whom she worked on six projects. Dench can take more roles, as she was more because of her vision. It has been an iconic career for a woman who has performed for decades. She can still remember certain lines from her past works.
Miguel Mike Medina is the publisher of The MMM Journal. He can be reached at medinamiguelmike@gmail.com and themmmjournal@gmail.com
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