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DOUGLAS IS CANCELLED (2024) by Steven Moffat

You saw that I was terrified and you just turned your back and you walked away.

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Cute interview with Noel and Hugh Bonneville! Noel explains why he took the role of Dick Turpin.

Noel: "I immediately said "yes." And then I thought about it afterwards, and thought "Is it because of Adam Ant?" Probably. I love Adam Ant. So I was like "Yeah, absolutely, I'll play that character."

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Tributes to Maggie from the Downton Cast and Crew:

Julian Fellowes: “Maggie Smith was a truly great actress and we were more than fortunate to be part of the last act in her stellar career.  She was a joy to write for, subtle, many-layered, intelligent, funny and heart-breaking.  Working with her has been the greatest privilege of my career, and I will never forget her.”

Gareth Neame: "Maggie Smith was one of the greatest actors of our time and a much-loved member of the Downton family. In Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, Maggie created one of the finest screen performances we have seen across six seasons of the television series and two movies, spanning twelve years. The entire cast and crew of Downton Abbey considered it an enormous honor to work with her, she was an actress of such stature whose incredible talent could encompass high comedy and full-blown tragedy. Off-screen she was particularly close to the cast who played the other members of her family and was very generous and full of encouragement for the younger actors. It is personally poignant that my late grandfather directed one of her finest performances in ’The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ for which she won her first Academy Award. Jean Brodie and Violet Grantham are but two creations in an extraordinary career spanning decades and delighting audiences across the globe. There is only one Maggie Smith and she will be greatly missed. Our thoughts are with her family.”

Hugh Bonneville: "Anyone who ever shared a scene with Maggie will attest to her sharp eye, sharp wit and formidable talent. She was a true legend of her generation and thankfully will live on in so many magnificent screen performances. My condolences to her boys and wider family.”

Michelle Dockery: "There was no one quite like Maggie. I feel tremendously lucky to have known such a maverick. She will be deeply missed and my thoughts are with her family."

Dan Stevens | Jessica Brown Findlay:

Alastair Bruce: "What a great privilege it was to work with her & play a small part in her creation of Violet Countess of Grantham. A titan of the filmocracy, Maggie embodied the aristocracy with absolute ease: she made us gasp, shudder and laugh. She was #TheBestOfThem"

Peter Egan: "Very sad to see that this giant talent has fallen"

Amy Nuttall:

Charlie Watson:

And surely more to come in the following days (and some I've likely missed already, my apologies).

Some from official accounts affiliated with the show and movies:

Peacock's video

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@hughbon: Faded but hanging on in there.

Delighted to have started work on the third #DowntonAbbey film. (x)

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Notting Hill (1999)

Dir. Roger Michell

Language: English

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elizabeth mcgovern as cora crawley, countess of grantham (with hugh bonneville as robert crawley, earl of grantham) in season 5, episode 8 of “downton abbey” (november 2014) | 🎥: dir. michael engler

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HUGHS AND HUES // BEST KNOWN ROLES

Media: 

House M.D. (2004-2012), S02E01, directed by Daniel Attias 

Notting Hill (1999), directed by Roger Michell 

Downton Abbey (2011-2016), S06E09, directed by Michael Engler 

Hannibal (2013-2015), S01E13, directed by David Slade

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The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (2024) 1.03 Run Wilde

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Simon Russell Beale as Bently in episode 3 of Douglas Is Cancelled.

One has one's ears to the ground...

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Wow! Brutal Noel! :)

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Hugh Bonneville

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Still holding out for that Cobert prequel Jfelz

This is available on multiple products in my Redbubble shop :)

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Tributes to Maggie from the Downton Cast and Crew (Part 2):

Part 1

Hugh Bonneville (in addition to his previous comment):

Elizabeth McGovern:

Joanne Froggatt: "Today we lost a true legend. It’s hard to find the words to pay tribute to the iconic Dame Maggie Smith. I shared a screen with her on very few occasions but was fortunate enough to be in her company on many. She truly was a trailblazer, with the sharpest wit, the greatest talent, the naughtiest sense of humour, she was a force to be reckoned with. She had a charisma that you felt would live for ever (in many ways it will) and underneath all of that a huge heart. Thank you Maggie, for always being supportive and kind to me, for putting many a smile on my face with that sharp wit that no one could match, and for showing the rest of us just how it’s done.

Rest in peace Dame Maggie, my thoughts are with your beautiful family. 🖤"

Lily James:

Tom Cullen: "I remember a very specific part of the conversation Maggie and I were having when this photo was taken. Maggie had been doing a big and challenging scene where she is reunited with her old flame played by Rade Serbedzija. I was stood at the back, out of frame and able to observe these incredible actors at their work. But for whatever reason Maggie felt like she wasn’t getting the scene right. Maggie took the smallest moment, came back and next take, simply, effortlessly, delivered a masterclass. She was extraordinary. The director called “cut” and we moved on. I was spellbound. During our conversation at the window, I asked Maggie what she did in order for her to so swiftly and precisely produce such an elevated performance. I remember her looking me in the eye and saying “Oh darling! I was just holding in a fart!”. I remember us both bursting out laughing. I really wished that she had been just holding in a fart but of course that wasn’t the real truth, the real truth was that she worked tirelessly her entire career to make that scene look easy.

I only worked with her for a short while, but I feel so blessed to have had that experience. She was tough, demanded the best but making Maggie laugh felt like winning the lottery.

My heart goes out to her family, friends, her Downton family and all those she touched with her sharp, agile and acerbic brilliance.

We lost an absolute giant today 💔"

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Lesley Nicol: "It's a very close group of people so we're all devastated to think she's not around any more.' [...] "I'd never worked with someone of that calibre, and I thought, I don't know what I'll say to her, it will be really tricky, God she'll probably be really grand. She was not looking for anyone to be scared of her, or in awe of her, she just wanted to be in the gang [...] she was in with the crowd, and just very happy to be part of it all."

Jeremy Swift: "An honour to serve you Maggie."

Lady Carnarvon: "I never saw her on set with a little script, she knew it before she got here [to Highclere]. She worked so hard, to get up at silly o' clock... and to wear corsets for hours on end." [Highclere Castle's post]

Harriet Walter: "She was a true comedian, but also I've seen her playing some incredibly heartfelt, deep, sad roles, which is the huge range of an actress like her. If she was merely funny or merely tragic, she wouldn't quite have made that sort of impression."

Anna Mary Scott Robbins: "I C O N 🤍 Oh Maggie you will be missed 💔"

(special thanks to @lovelikewildness for helping to compile)

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Downton Abbey cast have a day at the races as they film upcoming movie.

The cast of headed down to Ripon Racecourse to film the third movie outing of the hit period drama.

The whole household were seen taking a trip to the horses in the scenes which were captured on an unusually warm day in North Yorkshire.