‘Downton Abbey’s’ Joanne Froggatt Emotional Over Upset Win

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Cynthia Littleton
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“Downton Abbey” player Joanne Froggatt pulled off an upset win for supporting TV actress — a victory that was all the more meaningful because of the trauma her character endured during season four.

Froggatt said she felt a strong sense of responsibility to rape victims when she had to tackle the storyline in season four that saw her character suffer a sexual assault.

When she learned that her character, lady’s maid Anna Bates, would be raped, Froggatt did research on how the issue was handled for working-class women of the 1920s.



“This is this is a big responsibility,” Froggatt said backstage while she was still trembling from the excitement of winning her first Globe. “Yes it’s a fictional character but maybe people watching at home had been through similar experiences. My worst fear was for people to watch and feel that I wasn’t honest.”

Part of the trauma for Anna was the feeling that she could not tell anybody after the assault in the Downton kitchen. Froggatt said she questioned the decision but was assured by the show’s historical adviser that a working class woman would have been very unlikely to disclose the crime, which compounded the emotion for Froggatt. It took her some time to “get my head around what it meant to be a working-class woman in the 1920s.”


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Judi Dench: it was 'thrilling' to shoot a gun for Bond films She is a national treasure revered for her tireless commitment to stage and cinema. (TELEGRAPH)

By Ben Bryant11:02AM GMT 10 Feb 2013

Yet 78-year-old Dame Judi Dench has revealed an unlikely penchant for a different kind of shoot.

The Skyfall actress, who has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Baftas this evening, said it was "thrilling" to fire a gun as part of her training for the role of M in the James Bond films.

Speaking on the Andrew Marr show, she told of her invitation to Shed 19 in Buckinghamshire's Pinewood Studios, which is normally used for training stunt professionals.

She told interviewer Sophie Raworth: "I got into Shed 19. And Shed 19's where you learn to shoot a gun.
"You get in to hold a ... you know ... and you start firing at things. It's thrilling. It's thrilling because it's pretend."

Judi Dench also revealed her reaction to the news of the demise of her character in Skyfall.


She said: "I was told that very, very early on so I could get rid of the kind of peeved face and start smiling and nodding and saying, yes of course."

"I didn't feel peeved at all. Mind you, when I come to do the next one I shall hang around trying to put the boot into Ralph Fiennes."

Judi Dench also said that her last role in the Bond films was an emotional experience.

She said: "I think I was emotional when they actually said 'cut!', and they said that’s it, thanks very much.
"I think I was quite emotional then and we all had a drink and a big cake and everything – that was the emotional bit."


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