Judi Dench Says She Can’t See On Film Sets Anymore: “It’s Difficult For Me If I Have Any Length Of A Part”
deadline.comJudi Dench is opening up about the eye condition that is making it more difficult for her on the set and read her scripts. “I mean I can’t see on a film set anymore,” Dench told The Daily Mirror’s Notebook in an interview. “And I can’t see to read.
So I can’t see much. But you know you just deal with it. Get on.” She continued, “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.” Dench has a condition that is called age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which she was diagnosed with back in 2012.
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, this condition affects the central vision but people rarely go completely blind from it.
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