Simon curtis 20148/13/2023 ![]() ![]() And Julian was very good through the whole series. So, it was quite nice that the effect of her passing sort of moved onto Carson. However, focusing on the Dowager Countess also meant there are a lot of serious moments toward the end of A New Era, not least of which is the scene in which Carson quotes Shakespeare in a touching monologue about Lady Violet, which he told us was “nice” to get to do onscreen.Ĭarson and Lady Violet had a sort of two old soldiers, been through the trenches together, they’ve got history sort of thing. (Some Downton fans have even gone so far as to express Violet Crawley should have died during the events on the show.) Ultimately we get a lot of the character in the movie given the central mystery in the plot revolved around a past love interest and a villa in France. It’s interesting how Maggie Smith-centric Downton Abbey: A New Era ended up being, particularly given the questions that rolled around when the movie was announced about whether or not Smith would actually be involved. And I love the fact that hovering around the baby are the grandparents but all the servants as well. ![]() And also it’s really demonstrative of a group of actors playing a family who have actually become a family. That’s apparently what Julian Fellowes originally wrote in the script, but Curtis saw things a little differently.Įnding on the funeral was when I first read the script. While her one-liner gives the moment levity, there’s still crying and a pall to that scene and the subsequent funeral scene that's felt by the audience. That moment comes after she takes her last breath and makes a memorable crack to Denker along the lines of “I can’t hear myself die” before breathing her last breath. In fact, however, the Dowager Countess’ funeral was almost the final note in the film. I really felt we needed an uplifting, optimistic end and the new baby counterpointing with Violet now a portrait on the wall seemed a good way of doing it. And Curtis told CinemaBlend he actually added that additional scene at the end purposefully, though it wasn’t originally in the script. ![]() It’s a moment of joy and levity after the audience has just witnessed Lady Violet’s final moments and reacted to them emotionally onscreen, with Carson even giving a notably somber monologue from downstairs. That scene sees Tom, Lucy, and the baby return to Downton to have a joy-filled moment in the hall while the portrait of the now-deceased Dowager Countess, played by Dame Maggie Smith, watches from the wall. Speaking to the director ahead of the streaming, Digital, Blu-ray and DVD releases of Downton Abbey: A New Era, Simon Curtis and I got to talking about the final scene in the movie. Instead, Director Simon Curtis revealed to CinemaBlend he felt what was originally scripted was not quite right, so he made a change. However, the exact ending scene the fans ultimately got was not what was originally scripted in the film. The ending of the second Downton movie follows some of these same notes, bringing both laughs and tears to the eyes of its viewers (and the Downton cast). Downton Abbey: A New Era really hits on a lot of different beats: it’s funny, emotional, and charming and its relationships are often complex but delightful to watch as well. ![]()
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