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Judi Dench says Daniel Craig suggested killing off M in Skyfall
Judi Dench says Daniel Craig suggested killing off her character, M, in the James Bond film Skyfall.
Dench played the head of MI6 and Bond’s boss across eight Bond films over 20 years.
She says producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, along with director Sam Mendes, told her the plot over lunch; she does not think Craig was there.
M dies in Skyfall, which starred Craig as 007, and Dench says she did not cry when she learned she was being replaced.
She joked that she is still sulking and has never watched the film.
Dench says she has a soft spot for Sean Connery, while praising how Pierce Brosnan and Craig made Bond their own.
The Bond franchise is preparing for a new chapter, but the next actor to play 007 has not been announced in the reports.
Judi Dench says Daniel Craig suggested killing off her character, M, in the James Bond film Skyfall.
Dench recounts the decision in her new memoir, Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
She says producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson and director Sam Mendes told her about the plan at a restaurant.
Dench says she did not cry when told she was being replaced, despite reports that she had.
She also says she has never watched Skyfall because she is still sulking over M’s death.
- Who
- Judi Dench, who played M, says the idea came from Daniel Craig, who played James Bond.
- What
- Dench says Craig suggested killing off M in Skyfall.
- When
- The film was released in 2012; Dench discussed the decision in her newly released memoir.
- Where
- The story concerns Skyfall and the Bond franchise; Dench says she was told the news at the Wolseley restaurant.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Daniel Craig asked producer Barbara Broccoli whether Bond could be killed off at the end of the fourth film, according to the Guardian.
Skyfall was released, and M was killed after sustaining a gunshot wound at Skyfall Lodge, according to Radio Times.
Dench’s memoir discussed how she learned M would be killed off and attributed the idea to Craig.
- Film
- Skyfall
- M’s actor
- Judi Dench
- James Bond actor
- Daniel Craig
- Year of Skyfall
- 2012
- Memoir
- Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
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What people are saying
Apparently, it was Daniel’s idea to have me killed.
They outlined the plot and told me they were going to bump me off
Of course I didn’t cry.
But because they killed me off, I’m still sulking, and so I’ve never seen the film.