Dame Judi Dench is every inch the Bond girl as she arrives to her book tour signing in Stratford-Upon-Avon in M's £65,000 Jaguar from Skyfall
Dame Judi Dench was every inch the Bond girl as she arrived to a book signing in Stratford-Upon-Avon in M's £65,000 Jaguar.
M used the Jaguar XL J in scenes in James Bond's 2012 film Skyfall, with the MI6 Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service being transported from her London apartment to the office.
And the actress, 88, certainly added a touch of flair to her arrival on Friday for the last day of her book tour Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent at The Swan Theatre.
Whilst it wasn't the exact same Jaguar, Judi bore a striking likeness to the MI6 chief as she was dropped off and picked up by a chauffeur in the luxurious black motor.
The Jaguar used in the film was capable of 0 - 60mph in six seconds, with top speeds of 155mph.
Arriving in style! Dame Judi Dench was every inch the Bond girl as she arrived to a book signing in Stratford-Upon-Avon in M's £65,000 Jaguar
Pictured: M used the Jaguar XL J in scenes in James Bond's 2012 film Skyfall, with the MI6 Chief being transported from her London apartment to the office
It was used in one scene where Bond (Daniel Craig) kidnaps M in the car after Silva's failed assassination attempt.
The 007 agent then dumps the car to exchange it for his signature Aston Martin.
On shooting the scene with M being driven back to MI6 headquarters, Gary Powell, stunt coordinator for Skyfall said previously: 'There were just so many vehicles, like the Jags, we had a few of those because we took interiors out.
'So when M is sitting in the back of the car and she’s getting driven along, there was a camera in the passenger seat, so we take the passenger seat out, put a camera there.
'That’s one car, and we have another car that you do exteriors with and there’s another car that’s got all mounts in it. It soon adds up to how many cars that we use.'
It comes after Dame Judi revealed earlier this week she once accidentally made a naked FaceTime call to a James Bond co-star.
Judi shared that she was getting into the bathtub when her daughter, Finty Williams, called her and asked her to wish actor Chris Logan a happy birthday.
Speaking on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 on Wednesday, Judi explained: 'I can't see, Zoe. I can't see at all, so my phone is an anathema to me, I don't know what all those buttons are for.'
Cool: The actress, 88, certainly added a touch of flair to her arrival on Friday for the last day of her book tour Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent at The Swan Theatre
M: Whilst it wasn't the exact same Jaguar, Judi bore a striking likeness to the MI6 chief as she was dropped off and picked up by a chauffeur in the luxurious black motor
Drama: It was used in one scene where Bond (Daniel Craig) kidnaps M in the car after Silva's failed assassination attempt
Impressive: The Jaguar used in the film was capable of 0 - 60mph in six seconds, with top speeds of 155mph
Skyfall: On shooting the scene with M being driven back to MI6 headquarters, Gary Powell, stunt coordinator for Skyfall said previously: 'There were just so many vehicles, like the Jags'
Co-stars: It comes after Dame Judi revealed earlier this week she once accidentally made a naked FaceTime call to a James Bond co-star Ben Whishaw
Judi recently revealed she has macular degeneration, which causes the gradual loss of vision.
She added: 'Anyway, Fint rang me one morning and said, "It's Chris Logan's birthday and he's having a walk with Ben Whishaw in Regent's Park, please wish him happy birthday?'
Judi has worked alongside Ben Whishaw, 42, several times, both in the 007 franchise and on stage.
The star continued: 'And then I went upstairs, got into my bath and I thought, "Ooh I must send Chris Logan a happy birthday message".
'So I picked up my phone and I said, 'Chris, happy, happy…', and I just saw these two people turn and go *shocked*.
‘Well, I was FaceTiming them… I don’t know about FaceTime. Poor Chris… happy birthday!’
Zoe laughed off the nudity, joking: 'What a birthday message. You can’t top that though, can you?!'
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