Jude Hillis spilling the tea on who was the biggest prankster on the set ofBelfast:Judi Dench!
The 11-year-old actor, who plays Dench’s character’s grandson in theKenneth Branagh-directed film, told E!Live from the Red CarpethostLaverne CoxSunday at the 2022Academy Awardsthat the Hollywood legend, 87, even had a prop of choice for her antics.
“I heard that your costar, Dame Judi Dench, was quite the prankster on set. Can you tell us one of the pranks she played?” asked Cox, 49.
“Well, there was a lot of Whoopee Cushions. That’s what I’m gonna say. There was a lot of Whoopee Cushions during scenes,” Jude said. “By the end of [filming], if someone sat down on a Whoopee Cushion, we all just turned heads to Judi Dench.”
“Judi Dench and Whoopee Cushions — I’m not sure I would’ve imagined that!” said Cox.
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Jude Hill.Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Jude also toldPEOPLE & Entertainment Weekly Red Carpet Live’s Jeremy Parsons and Janine Rubenstein at the event that he and Dench got a bit confused for one another on set, given their similarly sounding monikers.
Jude Hill (L); Judi Dench.Kevin Mazur/WireImage; Gareth Cattermole/Getty
“One of the inside jokes onBelfastis everyone called Judi Jude. So it was a bit confusing and Judi Dench was like ‘All right, I’ve had enough of this. So you’re the old Jude. I’m the younger Jude,’ " he recalled.
“So I’m old Jude,” the young actor quipped.
Judi Dench and Jude Hill inBelfast(2021).Rob Youngson / Focus Features
The filmis up for seven Oscarsthis year, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Hinds, 69, and Best Supporting Actress for Dench, marking her eighth nomination.
Dench previously won Best Supporting Actress for her rule in 1998’sShakespeare in Love.
source: people.com
