Trivia / Downton Abbey: A New Era

• Creator Career Self-Deprecation: After Mary agrees to let a film crew use Downton for money, there is much talk mourning how the great estate is in such dire straits that they have to let actors in (the Downton Abbey series and films themselves filmed in and around the real-life Highclere Castle). In addition, many of the British upper crust characters, all played by highly-regarded British actors, find acting shameful, with the worst offender being Dame Maggie Smith's Violet Crawley, whose actress has the longest and most-lauded acting career of the cast (indeed, she was knighted for services to drama).
  Violet: (about acting) I'd rather earn my living down a mine.
• Role Reprise: Samantha Bond returns as Lady Rosamund Painswick. She hasn't played the role since the end of the series in 2015.

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