The lost 1981 role that came back to haunt Judi Dench

The lost 1981 role that came back to haunt Judi Dench

Plenty of actors have experienced a full-circle moment in their careers, but that isn’t always a good thing. Take Judi Dench, for instance, who had a role ripped out of her hands in the early 1980s, only to have it come back and bite her in the arse almost four decades later. She still took it in her stride, though, since the legend of stage and screen isn’t one for regrets. Ironically, if things hadn’t taken a wrong turn the first time around, …