Dame Judi Dench lost her voice for two days after being scared by a snake.
The 90-year-old actress has been scared of slithering creatures since she was a child when she got a worm caught in her sandal - and Judi has revealed her terror reached new heights when she landed a role in a 1987 National Theatre production of William Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra' which featured live snakes on stage.