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Maggie Smith Was 'Relieved' to Be Killed Off in 'Downton Abbey' Movie

'Downton Abbey' producer Gareth Neame revealed that Maggie Smith took news that her character would be killed off in the show's 2022 movie very well

Smith, 89, starred in all six seasons of the beloved period drama from 2010 to 2015, which followed the lives of the Crawley family and their staff amid the backdrop of historical events such as the sinking of the Titanic, World War I and more. “We’d spend a third to half a year in production,” Neame told the outlet, noting that the time commitment led to the show continuing in a movie format rather than TV. “It feels amazing, a tad emotional,” Michelle Dockery, who plays Mary Crawley, stated of the third film in a social media announcement video, which featured footage of the cast at the table read.

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