Intrepid Dame Judi Dench looks awe struck as she catches her first glimpse of her favourite animals deep in an Indonesian rainforest.
Judi came face to face with some less desirable creatures – crocodiles. But she kept her cool because she couldn’t actually see them.
She said: “We were on this narrowboat and everyone was saying, ‘Oh look. Eyes.’ Thank God I am short sighted!”
And the movie star couldn’t hide her delight when she spotted orangutans while filming new TV show Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure.
The 84-year-old actress is so passionate about the great apes that she sponsors three.
And one of the highlights of her trip was holding hands with a three-year-old orangutan.
She said: “When I went to take its hand it went, ‘No, sorry.’
“Then it was like, ‘Yes, you can take my paw again.’I never thought I’d be so close to an orangutan.”
Judi, who played M in three 007 films, also gets close to pythons on the ITV show starting July 2.
- Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure starts on ITV at 9pm on July 2.
