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Downton Abbey bosses reveal it was 'terribly easy' to convince Maggie Smith that her character should be killed off as production ramps up on third film
The 2022 film titled A New Era saw Maggie's acid-tongued character Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, pass away from a terminal illness, leaving die-hard fans in floods of tears.
Joanne Froggatt - who recently confirmed she is pregnant with her first child - Allen Leech, Penelope Wilton, Lesley Nicol, Michael Fox, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera, and Douglas Reith will also be back at Downton. Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola and House of the Dragon actors Simon Russell Beale and Arty Froushan are also expected to join the third film in the franchise. The 2022 film titled A New Era saw Maggie's character Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, pass away from a terminal illness, leaving die-hard fans in floods of tears
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