Christmas at Downton by Elizabeth Fellow

Carson has swung the door open and is welcoming you in from the cold.

He also endearingly called her 'the greatest actress.It's a cold December afternoon on the Yorkshire Moors, and you've been invited to celebrate Christmas at Downton Abbey! The snow crunches under your feet as you approach the great entry way, and before you can knock Mr. (When I asked Carter about his wife, he said it was 'lovely' to have her be a part of the film, even though they didn't work closely together. I've watched it and lived with Jim who's been going through it all,' she said. 'I've worked with other people in the show, and I've known all about the show for all those years. Carson since the show's very first episode. Perhaps she felt so comfortable joining the cast because she's had a connection to Downton Abbey since the beginning Staunton is married to Jim Carter, who has played the Crawleys' stately butler Mr. And yet, when I started doing it, it felt normal-extraordinary, but completely normal,' Staunton said. She is one of only a few new faces in the film. In Downton, she plays Maud Bagshaw, a lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary, and the estranged cousin of Lord Grantham. Imelda is Imelda Staunton, who is perhaps best known to American audiences as the reprehensible Dolores Umbridge from the Harry Potter films. Imelda Staunton plays Maud Bagshaw, the Queen’s lady-in-waiting, and a cousin of the Crawleys in the Downton Abbey film. But happily, Imelda agreed to do the picture, and I think she’s marvelous in it.' 'Of course, Maggie is a great actress, and to make that work, you have to get another great actress.'įortunately Fellows has no shortage of great actresses in his circle.

'I wanted to have someone who stood up to Maggie’s character Violet and gave her as good as she got,' Fellowes told Town & Country in a recent phone interview.

After all, Violet is at her best when she has a sparring partner. When Julian Fellowes was writing the script for the Downton Abbey film, he wanted to give the Dowager Countess of Grantham, played by the iconic Maggie Smith, a formidable new opponent. Read the original article below, first published on September, 25, 2019.

In light of Imelda Staunton's casting as The Crown 's new Queen Elizabeth, we're republishing this interview with Staunton, in which the actress speaks about playing Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and Maud Bagshaw in the recent Downton Abbey film.

Christmas at Downton by Elizabeth Fellow