As the sun sets on Downton Abbey, take a brief peak into series 3
BY BILL YOUNG ⋅ FEBRUARY 22, 2012
Aside from the massive anticipation of the first Maggie Smith/Shirley MacLaine battle of the mothers-in-law, the internet is already abuzz with thoughts on series 3 of Downton Abbey.
While the U.S. is only 3 days removed from Sundays series 2 finale, Julian Fellowes sat down with The New York Times to reflect back on the second series of Downton Abbey and look ahead to his upcoming ABC mini-series, Titanic. Of particular interest to fans worldwide was Fellowes’ answer when The Times asked about what’s possibly in store for Downton Abbey 3…
NYT: What are you legally permitted to tell us about what will happen in Season 3 of “Downton Abbey”?
JF: One of the reasons we chose 1912 is that the world was seemingly – I say, seemingly – very serene. In fact, there were all sorts of issues — women’s rights, workers’ rights, and across Europe, democracy and the legitimacy of monarchy – all pulsing away. But they hadn’t really broken the surface in a lot of people’s minds and of course it was all going to go up in flames two years later. So by starting it in 1912, it meant that we could have that post-Edwardian serenity, followed by the first World War, followed by the ’20s, a time of immense social change. You had the first votes being given – not to all women, but at least to some women – in 1919, and you have union activity, you have the Russian Revolution, you have all sorts of troubles going on across Europe. And that gave us right there, three series where each would have a very different mood. Which was rather an attractive idea, really.
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