Maggie Smith isn’t one to turn down an RSVP to Downton Abbey. Or so says Elizabeth McGovern.
The Cora Crawley actress recently sat down with Pop Culture to discuss the runaway success of Focus Features’ Downton Abbey movie, and touched base on her legendary co-star, Maggie Smith.
Turns out Smith, who’s known for her role as Violet Crawley, has a tendency for bidding farewell to Downton Abbey and its cast, only to pull a U-turn and book her place at Highclere Castle any time there’s news of a possible continuation. That’s exactly what happened for Julian Fellowes’ motion picture, it seems, as McGovern told Pop Culture:
Every single year during the run of the series Maggie would say ‘This is my last’… Then, back she’d come. I think she gets bored when she’s not working.
New Posters For Downton Abbey Tease A Royal...
The Cora Crawley actress recently sat down with Pop Culture to discuss the runaway success of Focus Features’ Downton Abbey movie, and touched base on her legendary co-star, Maggie Smith.
Turns out Smith, who’s known for her role as Violet Crawley, has a tendency for bidding farewell to Downton Abbey and its cast, only to pull a U-turn and book her place at Highclere Castle any time there’s news of a possible continuation. That’s exactly what happened for Julian Fellowes’ motion picture, it seems, as McGovern told Pop Culture:
Every single year during the run of the series Maggie would say ‘This is my last’… Then, back she’d come. I think she gets bored when she’s not working.
New Posters For Downton Abbey Tease A Royal...
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- by Michael Briers
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