Judi Dench once impersonated a parrot to save cash
December 3rd, 2009 - 11:57 am ICT by ANIWashington, Dec 3 (ANI): Dame Judi Dench once lent her voice to a parrot in UK TV drama ‘Cranford’ in order to save money.
The ‘Notes On A Scandal’ actress recently reprised her role as Matty Jenkins in UK TV drama ‘Cranford’ and revealed that she offered to lend her voice to an alternative, more unusual, part.
“Watch out for the scenes in ‘Cranford’ featuring a parrot. When you hear him squawking and making those clicking noises in his throat, it’s me. I happened to be in the editing suite and I said, ‘I’m sure I can do it, I’ll be a lot cheaper,’” Contactmusic quoted her as saying.
Judi admitted that while filming the drama, she wished she had tried out some of her other skills because she was so cold wearing period costume.
“We begged for more mittens - for new mittens - but we didn’t get our way. They’re woollen mittens and if you wear them for a long while, they stretch. So consequently, between takes, you find yourself picking at them and then they stretch,” she said.
“I could have knitted or crocheted a couple of pairs, now I come to think of it!” she added. (ANI)
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