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Judi Dench says Daniel Craig ordered her death. James Bond just got a lot scarier

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a culture story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 4 Nov 2026, 06:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Judi Dench says Daniel Craig ordered her death. James Bond just got a lot scarier”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Not only did Craig insist his 007 die at the end of his run, but now we learn from Dench’s memoir that it was his idea to kill her off too. How will the next Bond top that?
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Judi Dench says Daniel Craig ordered her death. James Bond just got a lot scarier
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