Hugh Bonneville says he won't relocate across Atlantic (The Daily Mail)

I won't ditch Downton Abbey: Hugh Bonneville says he has no plans to relocate across the Atlantic like other Brit actors

By Dan Wootton
Last updated at 12:45 AM on 20th January 2012

He's the unlikely toast of Hollywood after the Golden Globe Awards this week, impressing movie and TV bosses with his show-stealing acting performances and down-to-earth charms.

But Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has no plans to relocate across the Atlantic permanently, like many other acclaimed British actors have before him.

Instead, the 47-year-old is returning to Britain to try to secure for himself the best lines for Downton series three from writer Julian Fellowes.

Winning team: Actress Elizabeth McGovern and Hugh Bonneville at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California

‘I wouldn’t like to break Hollywood,’ Bonneville confirmed to a friend of mine at an event just before the Globes. ‘I’ve worked there several times, but my home is the UK. That’s where my work and my roots are.’

He also has no desire to conform to the image that being a Hollywood success often requires. ‘I don’t want to exercise a lot. I’m lazy and I’m not self-conscious.’

Meanwhile, despite intense pressure from fans for more episodes, ITV and Lord Fellowes have decided series three — set from 1920 to 1921 — will run for only eight weeks.

But I am told both parties are close to agreeing to produce a second movie-length Christmas episode following the phenomenal success of the first.


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