Thursday, January 17, 2013

PRAISE THE BRITISH TV GODS! DAME MAGGIE SMITH WILL BE BACK FOR SEASON FOUR OF DOWNTON ABBEY. by Rebecca Pahle | 12:30 pm, January 17th, 2013 (THE MARY SUE)



Downton Abbey executive producer Gareth Neame has confirmed that the Dowager Countess Violet Crawley will be back in season four of Downton Abbey to lord over all those peons who pretend they could be as good as her. Pish.

The return of Dame Maggie Smith to Downton wasn’t a sure thing before now; last summer showrunner Julian Fellowes admitted “I can’t tell you, ‘Oh, yes, she’s definitely contracted [for Season 4] — because she isn’t. It’s entirely up to her when she stays and when she goes,” adding “With Maggie, you never know, Other [actors] sign on for the next series and they sign for this and they sign for that, but she doesn’t. She stays her own person.”

That’s right. Because Dame Maggie is a legend.

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