They’re firm friends who recently teamed up to star in blockbuster film, Murder on the Orient Express.
And Kenneth Branagh recalled to AAP on Tuesday, the hilarious moment Judi Dench, 82, forgot to dress herself, when starring together in the West End’s The Winter’s Tale.
‘She was entirely naked from the waist down,’ the 56-year-old said in-between laughs.
‘She was entirely NAKED from the waist down’: Kenneth Branagh, 56, recalled the hilarious moment his ‘naughty’ co-star Judi Dench, 82, almost walked on stage naked from the waist down
Kenneth, who is currently on the promotional trail for Murder on the Orient Express, recalled a hilarious encounter with Judi.
Explaining how production crew for Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale always knew she was ‘naughty,’ the British-born actor told AAP: ‘Just before we did this movie (Murder on the Orient Express), we were in a play in the West End.
‘I just asked her about being in Murder on the Orient Express. We walked all the way from her dressing room to the wings, about to go on in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale.
Hilarious: The British-born actor told AAP: ‘We walked all the way from her dressing room to the wings, about to go on in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. And we realised she didn’t have the bottom half of her costume on. So she was entirely naked from the waist down’
Kenneth continued: ‘Which I hadn’t noticed. She hadn’t noticed. And we were about to walk on the West End in Shakespeare, with a seriously naked Judi Dench,’ he said in-between laughs
‘And we realised she didn’t have the bottom half of her costume on. So she was entirely naked from the waist down.
‘Which I hadn’t noticed. She hadn’t noticed. And we were about to walk on the West End in Shakespeare, with a seriously naked Judi Dench,’ Kenneth shared in-between laughs.
Kenneth and Judi star in the blockbuster adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on The Orient Express.
Co-stars: Kenneth and Judi (pictured) star in the blockbuster adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on The Orient Express.
Kenneth directs and also plays the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, while Judi takes on the role of the imperious Princess Dragomiroff.
The pair get along famously, with Judi having recently told the Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye, that she refuses to work with grumpy co-stars.
‘I don’t want to work with anyone who hasn’t got a sense of humour. It’s essential! I simply am not interested in working with them if they’re miserable by nature.
‘It’s like the froth on the top of the Guinness. You have to have the froth, and then you get to the real thing.’
‘You discover people through larks,’ Judi went on to tell Baz, while explaining why she has worked with Kenneth ten times over the years.
‘I always get into trouble with Ken — and I like that!’
Criteria: Judi recently told the Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye, that she refuses to work with grumpy co-stars: ‘I don’t want to work with anyone who hasn’t got a sense of humour. It’s essential!’