Judi Dench Says Vin Diesel Sent Her Flowers ‘the Length of a Kayak’ to Persuade Her to Join ‘The Chronicles of Riddick’: I’m ‘Far Too Easily Wooed’

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Judi Dench can’t say no to a big bouquet of flowers, especially if they’re kayak-sized and come from Vin Diesel. “He came to see me at the Haymarket Theatre to ask if I’d be in ‘The Chronicles of Riddick,’” Dench wrote in her new memoir, “Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?” […]