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Judi Dench spreads for Hustler magazine:
nation appalled but compelled to look
Jack Vashay
Arts Correspondent
DAME JUDI Dench is to bare all in next
month’s edition of men’s magazine Hustler. The eight
page “spread” is said to push new boundaries in
taste, and is likely to surprise admirers of the gentile,
robust actress.
Dench, 68, is better known for stately performances
in such films as Shakespeare in Love and Iris than for getting
naked, hooking her ankles either side of the handlebars of
a red Harley Davidson, coating herself in baby oil and grinding
her hot stuff in carnal ecstasy. Larry Flynt, founder of the
Hustler publishing empire, is encouraging readers to stay
away. “This shoot is not for the faint-hearted,”
he said. “Judi is one skanky dame. I’m in this for
profit, but if we sell no copies it will be a victory for
human decency.” There is little chance of that. Pre-orders
for the magazine have gone through the roof. Actors, filmgoers
and women’s rights campaigners are unanimous in their
condemnation of Dench’s immodesty, but all admit to a
certain “curiosity” and that they might “have
a look.”
Dame Judi, speaking yesterday is unrepentant:
“I am proud of my body. My degradation is a victory for
mature actresses everywhere. It’s not every day that
ladies of a certain age get to feel like a piece of meat.”
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