Dame Judi Dench revealed her very particular, secret tribute to her longtime good friend, the late Dame Maggie Smith.
The actress shared a poignant tribute to her shut good friend and fellow performing legend Dame Maggie Smith, who handed away in September on the age of 89.
As a part of a deeply private custom, Dame Judi crops timber in reminiscence of associates who’ve died. Remarkably, on the day of Dame Maggie’s funeral, a sapling planted in her honor bore its first fruit.
“Joe, who works for me, got here in and he had one little crab apple,” Dame Judi advised the BBC.
“And so I had it in my pocket at her funeral, which was a really good factor to have.” She shared the touching story in an interview recorded for *Maggie Smith on the BBC*, a particular tribute set to air on December 28.
The two iconic actresses first met in 1957 in a dressing room at The Old Vic theatre, sparking a friendship that spanned many years.
They collaborated on quite a few initiatives, together with A Room With A View (1985), Ladies in Lavender (2004), and the critically acclaimed Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movies (2011 and 2015).
Actor and director Charles Dance, a mutual good friend, mirrored on his time working with the pair in Ladies in Lavender.
In a separate BBC program, Lives Well Lived, additionally airing December 28, Dance recalled the magic they delivered to the set.
“I had Judi Dench and Maggie Smith — I might have shot the phone listing with these two,” he mentioned.
Sharing a fond reminiscence, Dance recounted an ad-libbed second of humor between the buddies: “They’re working up the steps collectively, there’s Judi making an attempt to stand up there earlier than Maggie, and Maggie saying, ‘Stop pushing me, cease pushing me!’ It was great.”
