In May 2024, actress Judi Dench announced very sad news. Suffering from macular degeneration (an eye disease), he admitted that he was forced to retire. The great actress, the great lady of the theater, Judi Dench has an amazing experience: 140 films, an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress for Shakespeare in Love), a Tony Award, two Golden Globes, six BAFTAs and seven Laurence Olivier Awards.
In such a wild picture, and despite very good films and/or memorable roles, there is bound to be some dross. In other words, an artistic choice that is sometimes unclear, even frankly disastrous or incomprehensible, even if it is necessary to boil the pot from time to time…
We remember, for example, that the actor was somewhat lost in the world of The Chronicles of Riddick alongside Vin Diesel. A film that said itself “I never heard” What exactly was it about?
We can also think of his awkward role in Tom Hooper’s equally awkward Cats, released in 2019. A disastrous adaptation of the legendary Broadway musical that won six awards at the Razzie Awards. And even Andrew Lloyd Webber himself, the legendary composer of the original musical…
“He seemed to wonder what he was doing there.”
In 2020, Dame Judi Dench (she was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988) took on one of the worst roles of her career in Artemis Fowl. Participating, presumably, only to support his old friend Kenneth Branagh, who directed this Disney film.
Dressed in a green suit and pointy ears as Julius Root, an 800-year-old elf who seems to prefer to be elsewhere in the film, Judi Dench seemed to wonder what she was doing there…
At least that was the observation of his colleague Josh Gad. “We did a scene together and his expression clearly said, ‘Why did I agree to do this film? Why did I ask to kill off my character in Bond?’ Daniel Craig He is much more professional than Josh Gad!” He said with a sense of humor into the microphone entertainment tonight.
It seems that many still didn’t believe Artemis Fowl; Neither did Disney, which invested $125 million in the film’s production. Quickly pulled from screens in the United States due to a crash landing on the Disney+ platform, the film was completely pulled from the platform in May 2023. That is, if fate was cruel to him…
Source: Allocine
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