Dame Judi Dench is the latest resident joining MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN!
Ransom Riggs confirmed via Twitter that Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench has joined the stunning cast of Tim Burton’s upcoming adaptation of MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN!
It's been tweeted all over & people are asking me about it, so I guess I can finally announce: Dame Judi Dench is in the Miss P movie!!
— Ransom Riggs (@ransomriggs) March 13, 2015
She plays a smallish role (Miss Avocet) but hell, she was in Shakespeare in Love for just eight minutes and won an Oscar for it …
— Ransom Riggs (@ransomriggs) March 13, 2015
For those of you who may not remember, Miss Esmerelda Avocet is the leader of the Ymbryne Council out of Derbyshire, England. She is capable of time manipulation and shape shifting.
The ever-growing cast for the film also includes Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris O’Dowd, Kim Dickens, and Allison Janney.
Acoording to Coming Soon, the film began filming in Florida earlier this week. It is also due to film in the United Kingdom and Belgium.