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A 3rd Downton Abbey movie is ready for launch later this yr, and the movie will embody a tribute to actress Maggie Smith, who died in September.
Her character within the sequence, Violet Crawley, additionally died through the second movie, so the characters now mourn that loss because the actors mourn the lack of their co-star.
Hugh Bonneville, Dominic West, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, and Robert James-Collier are returning for the movie, which may also embody appearances by Paul Giamatti, Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale, and Arty Froushan.
The interval drama, which adopted the aristocratic Crawley household and their servants, aired for six seasons on PBS between 2010 and 2015. Based on EW, government producer Gareth Neame mentioned the next in regards to the movie and the demise of Smith:
“The truth that Dame Maggie herself has now handed away since that point, I do suppose, has given an actual added poignancy to a narrative that we might have deliberate anyway. The lack of the Dowager, it now feels way more vital that you simply see actors taking part in characters mourning the household matriarch. However I additionally see actors mourning…and it feels extra real and extra significant.”
Sequence creator Julian Fellowes additionally mentioned, “Maggie Smith was a very nice actress and we had been greater than lucky to be a part of the final act in her stellar profession. She was a pleasure to jot down for, delicate, many-layered, clever, humorous, and heartbreaking. Working along with her has been the best privilege of my profession, and I’ll always remember her.”
The following Downton Abbey movie arrives on September 12, 2025.
What do you suppose? Are you a fan of this PBS sequence? Have you ever watched the movies? Do you intend to observe the following movie later this yr?
