Judi Dench has always been fabulous in regal roles (heck, she won an Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love, and she was hardly in that film at all!) so it’s great to see her rule the screen again.
Additionally, none other than Stephen Frears, who previously directed The Queen (and another Dench starrer, Philomena), is helming her latest.
Based on a true story, Victoria & Abdul follows the unlikely friendship between Queen Victoria and a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal – Furious 7). Michael Gambon and Olivia Williams co-star.
This is one, we’d imagine, for fans of costume drama, biographical and/or historical films and, of course, for fans of the incomparable Dench herself.
Check out the trailer here:
