Overview
- In excerpts from her memoir, Dench says Daniel Craig suggested killing off M and that producers Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson and director Sam Mendes told her the plot at the Wolseley restaurant.
- Dench writes she did not cry when told she would be written out and that she loved playing M because the role let her assert authority in a male-dominated franchise.
- She recounts difficult production moments, including heavy rewrites on Tomorrow Never Dies and receiving a motorcycle courier with a dozen new pages to learn overnight.
- Dench reiterates she can no longer act on stage or screen because of worsening age-related macular degeneration, a condition she has discussed publicly since 2012.
- Her run as M spanned eight Bond films from GoldenEye to Skyfall, the memoir adds context on her legacy in the franchise and there are no reported substantive responses yet from Craig or Bond producers.