Penelope Wilton (Lady Isobel Crawley) isn’t upset about Downton ending… but could it be that she’ll have a part in The Gilded Age?
Penelope Wilton: I’m not sad about the end of Downton Abbey
By Huw Fullerton |
The news that Downton Abbey is ending after the sixth series has left many fans of period costumes, indignant butlers and arched eyebrows feeling bereft – but one member of the ITV drama’s cast isn’t quite so sad to see the series end.
“I’m not upset about it,” Penelope Wilton said backstage at the Olivier awards shortly after winning best actress for her role in Mark Hayhurst’s Nazi Germany-set play Taken At Midnight. “When something has run its course, it’s good to end on a high note.”
The actress – who plays Isobel Crawley in Downton Abbey – added: “And we have to move on from 1926, and if we moved on much further I’d be dead.”
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