Dench originally had balked when she heard she was wanted to portray Branagh’s grandmother — “Good grief, I’m not old enough!” — but over a “very, very, very personal hour and a half,” as he read the script , she understood.
“It sounds extraordinary, but in actual fact it helped create very much that family unit and strengthen the family feeling between us all,” she says. The onscreen family she’s talking about is, of course, Ciarán Hinds as Pop, Caitríona Balfe as Ma, Jamie Dornan as Pa and newcomer Jude Hill in the lead role of Buddy, Branagh’s alter ego.
It's good but I felt it was a tad bit weak towards the midpoint of the film
It’s a terrific film, and the interplay between J Dench & an outstanding C Hinds is the heart and soul of the story.
Belfast is among my top 3 films of the year.
Judi Dench felt ' tremendous responsibility ' playing Kenneth Branagh's granny in ' Belfast '.
Judi Dench has opened up about the difficulties she faced on the set of the latest comedy - drama film Belfast .