Judi Dench says she can no longer see on film sets

‘It’s difficult if I have any length of a part’… Judi Dench, whose eyesight has deteriorated, picture in October last year. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Dame Judi Dench, one of the UK’s best-known and most-loved actors, has said her eyesight has now deteriorated to the extent that she is no longer able to see on film sets.

Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, the actor, 88, said that she was still continuing to try and find workarounds, but “I can’t see on a film set any more” … “and I can’t see to read. But you just deal with it”.