The script is already written! It's official, a second Downton Abbey film is planned, and a French actress will join the Crawleys' entourage.
For six seasons and a first feature film, audiences were passionate about the life of the Crawley family. While historical series are as popular as ever, especially with the success of The Bridgertons Chronicle, fans can rejoice: a second film Downton abbey is in preparation!
The good news was announced by Hugh Bonneville on February 12 during an interview with the BBC. The script is written and whoever plays Robert Crawley has already read it, but before production begins, we have to wait for a lull in the Covid-19 pandemic. "Here is the deal: if everyone who is offered a vaccine takes one, we can make a film, we will make a film", said the actor.
He, as much as screenwriter Julian Fellowes, and the other actors (Maggie Smith, Elizabeth Mc Govern, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Allen Leech, Brendan Coyle or Joanne Froggatt), can't wait to get down to work to bring a new story to life. both the Crawley family on our screens. "We'd love to do it, we're desperate to do it, and I think it's the kind of production that will be fun, as it did with the first film, and that audiences would appreciate after all this mess that we have lived ", said Hugh Bonneville.
If we do not yet know where the film will be in history and what the plot will be, we learn that a French star would be part of the cast! According to Daily Mail, it is a draw that Nathalie Baye. The actress would play a longtime friend of the Dowager Countess, Violet Crawley, played by Maggie Smith.
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