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Judi Dench Can't See on Film Sets Anymore Due to Deteriorating Eyesight

Judi Dench Can't See on Film Sets Anymore Due to Deteriorating Eyesight

Judi Dench has an upsetting update.

After revealing she couldn’t read scripts anymore, the 88-year-old Academy Award-winning actress revealed in an interview with the Sunday Mirror that due to her deteriorating eyesight, she can no longer see on film sets.

During the conversation, Judi said losing her ability to see has been “the most terrible shock to the system…ghastly. It’s terrible to be so dependent on people.”

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“I mean I can’t see on a film set any more. And I can’t see to read. So I can’t see much. But you know you just deal with it. Get on. It’s difficult for me if I have any length of a part. I haven’t yet found a way. Because I have so many friends who will teach me the script. But I have a photographic memory,” she continued.

Judi Dench made headlines earlier last year when she denounced a hit Netflix series.

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