Judi Dench in tears as she reveals favourite role as she wins acclaimed Richard Harris Award at 2018 BIFAs
Dame Judi Dench has suggested her favourite role was Notes On A Scandal because it was so different to anything else she had ever done.
I enjoyed Notes On A Scandal, I enjoyed it enormously, simply because it is very very nice when you have done a few [of the same thing], the last thing you want to do a film of the same character again, she told Metro.co.uk.
I often ask my agent, “where is the Afghan women who walks a tightrope and turns into a dragon, where is it?” You want to do something different and so Notes On A Scandal was really really a good one to play.
We had a huge fight in it too, Cate Blachett and I, I had to wear a sort of turtle shell under my costume for the swelling and then we had a glass of champagne.
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The 2006 film, directed by Richard Eyre, is about a female teacher at a London comprehensive school who begins an affair with an underage pupil.
It was nominated for four Academy Awards – Best Actress for Judi, Best Supporting Actress for Cate, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score.
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Judi was presented with the 2018 Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an actor to British film.
She had tears in her eyes as she accepted the award, and as she spoke to press, clearly overwhelmed with the honour.
Its thrilling and I thought Richard Harris was the most beautiful actor, added Judi – admitting that the award would probably go in front of her Oscar.
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