Actor hopes film ‘won’t ruin Downton image’
Laura Carmichael has said she hopes the Downton Abbey film will not shatter the image left with viewers when the series came to an end.
The popular ITV series finished in 2015 with an episode that aired on Christmas Day.
The film screenplay has been written by the show’s creator Julian Fellowes and will see the original principal cast including Hugh Bonneville returning. Carmichael, who plays Lady Edith Crawley, said in a magazine interview: “It’s much quicker doing a film than eight episodes of a series, so it felt like a holiday with mates. It was nostalgic.”
Carmichael added: “We really care about it and have a lot of affection for it. We hope it’s not destroying the image we left you with.”