Dame Judi Dench spilled the beans on Skyfall filming (Picture: Shutterstock)
Dame Judi Dench reflected on her years playing a secret agent boss on James Bond and revealed she was underwhelmed by a certain detail during filming.
The critically acclaimed actress, 88, recently explained why she came away from shooting Skyfall a little disappointed.
She revealed that the entire cast – which included Daniel Craig – were told they would be spending a considerable amount of time at the Scottish house seen at the end of the blockbuster where all the action happened.
However, she was dissatisfied to later learn they would be there for less than 24 hours as the movie was mainly filmed in Aldershot.
She shared her feelings during an episode of BBC One’s Countryfile on Sunday and said: ‘Albert Finney and I were going to go to Scotland and [we were told] “Oh you’ll be there for two weeks, certainly”.
‘We got intensely excited. I said, “Oh my God.” I said, “I love it so much.” Well, we flew up at something like 7:30 in the evening, I think and we arrived at our hotel, and we stayed there.
She was disappointed they didn’t film more in Scotland (Picture: Shutterstock)
The actress believed she would get to spend time on location (Picture: Shutterstock)
‘And we were in Glencoe at 5:30 in the morning. We were back on the 7:30pm plane at night. So the house in Skyfall was built on Ministry of Defense land at Aldershot.’
Elsewhere in the programme that was dedicated to the Belfast actress, she became emotional after Hamza Yassin helped her see golden eagles despite her deteriorating eyesight.
In the scene, the Strictly Come Dancing star wrapped a blanket around Dame Judi’s head so that she was able to spot the birds more clearly through the camera.
Fighting back tears at the sighting, the star was then asked if she was ok by Hamza after he noticed she had become emotional.
‘Yes, I’m very overcome. It is an enormous privilege. How often does anybody see that? Not very often,’ she replied, in awe at what she had seen.
Dame Judi appeared on an episode of Countryfile (Picture: PA)
Hamza helped her see the eagles (Picture: BBC Studios)
The Oscar-winner had previously touched on her eyesight in the past and had discussed its deterioration with talk show host Graham Norton prior to her Countryfile appearance.
During that interview, she said: ‘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.
‘I used to find it very easy to learn lines and remember them. I could do the whole of Twelfth Night right now.’
Watch Countryfile Dame Judi Dench Special on BBC iPlayer.
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