In Blithe Spirit, Dame Judi Dench plays medium Madame Arcati who raises the souls of the dead in a seance... And the cast thought life was imitating art, believing the ghost of playwright Sir Noel Coward, who wrote the play, was haunting the set when the electrics went haywire during filming.
Actress Isla Fisher said they were spooked when the power outed in the middle of a scene. She says: “We were convinced it was Noel Coward visiting us.” Perhaps Madame Arcati’s powers were at play.
Although one review said the Sky Cinema film would have Noel “turning in his grave”. Maybe he really was. Isla told the Plot Twist podcast: “I don’t believe in ghosts, but I was very close to my grandma and I definitely felt connected to her when I needed
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