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Hugh Bonneville reveals the new Downton Abbey film 'will probably be the last' and says it is 'a great lasting tribute' to the late Dame Maggie Smith


Hugh Bonneville has said the new Downton Abbey movie will be a 'great lasting tribute' to the late Dame Maggie Smith after she died aged 89 last month.

Speaking on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with The National Lottery on Virgin Radio UK, Hugh paid tribute to his late Oscar-winning co-star. Joanne Froggatt - who confirmed last week 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.

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