Downton's Rob James Collier: I lost sleep over harrowing homosexuality storyline which takes character Barrow to the 'abyss'

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PUBLISHED: 18:14 EST, 13 September 2014 | UPDATED: 01:52 EST, 14 September 2014



Downton Abbey star Rob James-Collier says he is having sleepless nights over a harrowing storyline that will push his character into an ‘abyss’.

James-Collier, 37, who plays scheming under-butler Thomas Barrow, reveals that his character’s tortured homosexuality will come to the fore in the new series of the hit ITV drama which begins next Sunday.

James-Collier said: ‘It’s quite a harrowing storyline and I hope it is.

'Because if it isn’t, I haven’t done it justice.

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