‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ to hit Indian screens on June 3

By PTI

MUMBAI: “Downton Abbey: A New Era”, primarily based on the hit British sequence, is slated to be theatrically launched in India on June 3. The movie, a sequel to the 2019 film of the identical identify, is directed by Simon Curtis. 

“Downton Abbey: A New Era” follows the grand journey of the Crawleys to the South of France to uncover the thriller of the Dowager Countess’ newly inherited villa.

Alongside the Crawley sisters, Lady Mary Talbot (Michelle Dockery) and Edith Pelham, now Marchioness of Hexham (Laura Carmichael), the sequence additionally marks the return of fan-favorite character Lady Violet, Dowager Countess, performed by Maggie Smith.

Director Curtis, who has beforehand labored with ensemble forged in exhibits comparable to “David Copperfield” and “Cranford”, mentioned it was “intimidating” to direct “Downton Abbey: The New Era”.

“I’ve been very lucky in that some of the things I’d made in television, like David Copperfield and Cranford, meant I’d had experience working with a big ensemble cast. What’s intimidating about directing Downton, (which I’m sure all the previous directors have also felt), is that there’s no such thing as an easy scene in Downton.”

“There might be as many as four mini-scenes within one bigger scene and four different clusters of conversations that all require coverage from different angles and that all takes time.  In this film, we had the usual ensemble of actors, then added in the crew and actors for the film within the film, plus our own crew and that amounted to over 50 setups for one particular dinner scene across three days. It was a relief to get to the end of that scene,” the filmmaker mentioned in a press release.

The unique principal forged, additionally together with Hugh Bonneville and Jim Carter, star within the new movie alongside new additions Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye and Dominic West.