Judi Dench reveals that Daniel Craig campaigned for her death in James Bond

Judi Dench says Daniel Craig proposed that her character, M, be killed off in the James Bond films. Her account sheds light on how the franchise ended her long-running role and on her own desire to appear beyond M’s office.

In her memoir, Dench recalls being told the plot at a restaurant by producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson and director Sam Mendes; she says Craig was apparently not there. M was killed in *Skyfall*, after Dench had played her across eight Bond films, and she says she did not cry when told she was being replaced. She describes the role as twenty “glorious” years and notes that she appeared in one more Bond film than Roger Moore.