Dame Judi Dench on Brosnan and Craig and the new film - it`s gloves off!

Dame Judi Dench recently flew flown L.A. for just a few days from her English country home on the border of Surrey and Sussex to promote her miniseries "Cranford", which debuts on PBS in the USA.

In an interview with USA Today, she tells how, in the VIP lounge at Heathrow before her flight, a man tapped her on the shoulder and told her he was going to inspect the plane for safety. It was Pierce Brosnan, who played 007 to her M in four James Bond films. "Please do," Dench told Brosnan, playing along. "Let me know if it's safe."

In November, she'll be seen for the second time with the latest Bond, Daniel Craig, in Quantum of Solace, her sixth Bond adventure. She spent four weeks shooting in London plus a week in Panama. This time, M will be giving Bond "a much harder time," she says. "It's gloves off!"

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