Judi Dench got her first tattoo at age 81.
I’d call it cute, but I’m afraid she’d find me and make me regret it.
The “Skyfall” actress got “carpe diem” inked on her right wrist. She told the Mirror Online it was a gift from her daughter Finty.
“That’s my motto: Seize the day. Finty gave it to me for my 81st birthday — she’s wonderful with surprises,” Dench told the Mirror.
People got their first look at the tattoo earlier this month when Dench attended a James Bond gala, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, according to the BBC.
Dench told Good Housekeeping she almost got a tattoo to celebrate her 80th birthday.
“There’s an Indian symbol that I like, which supposedly represents life and love and everything,” she said. “One of the cameramen who worked on ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ told me what it meant, but I’m a bit nervous in case I’m being set up. It might be unbelievably rude!”
Dench told the Hollywood Reporter in 2014 that she once told producer Harvey Weinstein she got a tattoo of his name.
“I once said to him, ‘I have your named tattooed on my bum.’ He laughed and was, well, quite embarrassed, actually. It’s quite difficult to embarrass Harvey, but I did.”
Then she really surprised him when they went to lunch.
“Beforehand, I got my makeup lady to actually write Harvey’s name (on my body),” she said. “Then I brought it up at lunch and said, ‘You know, I do have it on my bum’ — and then I actually got up and showed him! I’ve never seen a man more embarrassed and I’ve never let him forget it.”
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