Would The X-Files star have been better choice for Downton?
Five fascinating film and TV facts #15
Created by Radio Times on May 30, 2015
The secret Gossip Girl should never have told, Tom Felton’s Hogwarts robes and Gillian Anderson’s connection to Downton Abbey
#1 – Lady Gillian Grantham
Downton Abbey’s Crawley clan could have looked a little different. The X-Files and The Fall star Gillian Anderson was offered a part in the hit ITV period drama back in 2010, but she turned it down. Apparently Anderson was contacted to play American Cora Crawley, a role eventually filled by Elizabeth McGovern.
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