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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Downton Abbey: Steven Waddington was nearly Mr. Bates (MAIL ON LINE)
One of the standout performers in ITV’s new big-budget drama Titanic is Steven Waddington (right) as brave second officer Charles Lightoller. But he was nearly cast as Mr Bates in Julian Fellowes’s other major TV drama, Downton Abbey. When the part eventually went to Brendan Coyle, Tudors star Steven was given the Titanic role as a more than decent consolation prize. Though he tells me he hasn’t given up on his Downton dream.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2112337/Britain-s-Got-Talent-2012-Will-Alesha-Dixon-Simon-Cowells-vote-again.html
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Brendan Coyle,
downton abbey,
itv,
Julian Fellowes,
mr. bates,
steven waddington,
titanic
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