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‘Downton Abbey 3’ Movie Will Include ‘Meaningful’ Tribute to Maggie Smith
After 'Downton Abbey's' Maggie Smith, aka the Dowager Countess, died in September, the producer reveals the third film will pay tribute to her.
Smith had starred in both the TV series and in both movies, with the Countess character dying at the end of “Downton Abbey: A New Era.” “The fact that Dame Maggie herself has now passed away since that time, I do think, has given a real added poignancy to a story that we would have planned anyway,” Neame told TVLine while promoting Peacock’s “The Day of the Jackal.” “The loss of the Dowager, it now feels far more significant that you see actors playing characters mourning the family matriarch. Neame calls her loss “the end of an era,” saying “We will never see the like of Dame Maggie Smith ever again.” He also said the “Downton Abbey” cast and crew’s “huge respect” will “come across in the next movie.”
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