Judi Dench says it was Daniel Craig’s idea to kill off M in “Skyfall”: “Ever since ‘GoldenEye’ ... I’d been begging them to let me out from behind my desk. Well, they did finally let me out from behind my desk... and they shot me. [Laughs.] Apparently, it was Daniel’s idea to have me killed. But first I had to suffer the indignity of being sacked by Ralph Fiennes. Arsehole. It was reported in the press that I’d cried when they told me I was being replaced. Of course I didn’t cry. Why on earth would I cry after twenty glorious years and eight Bond films — which, by the way, is one more than Roger Moore, the longest-running 007 to date.” Read the full profile from @MarlowNYC:

From Judi Dench and Mary Berry to a Cate Blanchett-styled gnome, the world’s greatest flower show was as much a display of the city’s fashion verve as of its fine floristry.

🇬🇧The 91-year-old actor, who has macular degeneration, told BBC Radio she can no longer act on stage or in films, or read. She said she can no longer recognise faces and sometimes mistakes strangers for people she knows. Dench has enjoyed a seven-decade career, including an Oscar-winning role in Shakespeare in Love and eight appearances as “M” in the James Bond films.