'Downton Abbey' Movie Wraps Filming: Here's Everything We Know
The Downton Abbey movie has officially wrapped filming, allowing everyone in the cast to head home for the holidays, and the Carnarvons to have their home back in time for Christmas. One of the reasons the popular show was able to make a big screen adaptation happen was its short filming window, designed to accommodate the entire cast, many of whom have moved on to movies and other shows on UK television. And in return, nearly the whole cast came back for this film too, Lily James is the only actor whose character is still alive who did not return.
For some fans, the fact that Maggie Smith would be back once again as the Dowager Countess Violet Crawley seemed surprising, as her character was already getting on in years by the series finale in 2016. But according to Allen Leech, who plays the Grantham family's son-in-law Tom Branson, much like the TV show's later seasons, the movie doesn't actually make much of a time jump.
Speaking to Sunday Brunch, he revealed it's not even been a year for the Granthams since everyone last saw them:
