Dan Stevens: Why I left Downton Abbey
Dan Stevens looks shaken. We are in an empty restaurant in New York and I have just become the first outsider he has ever told about his death in Downton Abbey. “It is very odd,” he says.
After the Christmas special yesterday, the entire world knows that honourable, handsome, happy Matthew Crawley has died at the wheel of his car, reducing a nation to tears of dismay and disbelief. At the time of our interview last month, there was a lot of speculation, but no actual confirmation. “It is very strange to make it official especially since we are talking about it in the future perfect,” he says, with a laugh. “I am not sure exactly what tense it is, but it is something very weird.”
That is an almost perfect Dan Stevens joke. He is the charming, well-spoken, Cambridge-educated actor who has become as famous as any movie star thanks to his role as the romantic lead in Downton. But his literary aspirations, his desire to be more than just another TV sensation, meant that though his fans wanted him to stay, they knew that he would probably choose to go.
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Dan Stevens looks shaken. We are in an empty restaurant in New York and I have just become the first outsider he has ever told about his death in Downton Abbey. “It is very odd,” he says.
After the Christmas special yesterday, the entire world knows that honourable, handsome, happy Matthew Crawley has died at the wheel of his car, reducing a nation to tears of dismay and disbelief. At the time of our interview last month, there was a lot of speculation, but no actual confirmation. “It is very strange to make it official especially since we are talking about it in the future perfect,” he says, with a laugh. “I am not sure exactly what tense it is, but it is something very weird.”
That is an almost perfect Dan Stevens joke. He is the charming, well-spoken, Cambridge-educated actor who has become as famous as any movie star thanks to his role as the romantic lead in Downton. But his literary aspirations, his desire to be more than just another TV sensation, meant that though his fans wanted him to stay, they knew that he would probably choose to go.
Read Full Article @telegraph.co.uk
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