Dame Judi Dench is ‘full of admiration’ for Queen Victoria
The actress will play Queen Victoria on the big screen for the second time, 20 years after she first portrayed her.
Dame Judi Dench has said she is “full of admiration” for Queen Victoria and her “interest” in men in her later years, adding: “She was a goer!”
The actress will next be seen playing the late monarch on the big screen in her latest film Victoria And Abdul, 20 years after she portrayed her in John Madden’s film Mrs Brown.
Talking about accepting the role, she told the Graham Norton show: “Diaries and letters have recently come to light.
“Abdul came to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee to present her with a coin. But, having seen him she wasn’t so interested in the coin!”
The 82-year-old star said of portraying Queen Victoria again: “You never think you’re going to go back to revisit a character you played so long ago, but because I didn’t know about the story, because it was so beautifully written and directed, and because it was a part I had done all the homework on, it was irresistible, I couldn’t have said no.”
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:: The Graham Norton Show airs on BBC One at 22:35pm
