And no one is more excited for their return than American actress Elizabeth McGovern – who reprises her role as Cora Crawley, the Countess of Grantham, in the much-anticipated sequel.
The film also takes the Crawleys away from their fictional base at Highclere Castle for a well-earned glorious romp through the south of France, where they uncover a mystery at a villa.
And Elizabeth, 60, who has been in the show since it began in 2010, is confident the sequel will be another worldwide hit when it’s released in the UK on 29 April and in the US on 20 May.
“People ask me why the show has succeeded over the years and I have no idea,” she says. “I don’t understand it. I am just grateful. But viewers connect to it for different reasons.”
Here, Elizabeth – who shares daughters Matilda, 28, and Grace, 24, with filmmaker husband Simon Curtis – lifts the lid on life on the Downton Abbey set, the divide between the younger and older actors among the cast and being a huge supporter of the MeToo movement...
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