Showing posts with label Laura Carmichael. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laura Carmichael. Show all posts
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Monday, 4 February 2013
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Michelle Dockery devastated by Lady Sybil death Source: Bang Showbiz
Michelle Dockery was "devastated" while filming Lady Sybil's death in 'Downton Abbey'.
The 30-year-old actress ・who portrays Lady Mary in the ITV1 period drama ・ and Laura Carmichael, who plays Lady Edith, were disappointed when Jessica Brown Findlay's alter-ego was killed off, and the brunette beauty really misses her "distinctive" laugh. She said: "We knew a couple of weeks prior to filming the episode what was going happen to it felt like this huge build up. One of the last scenes we shot with Jessica was where the sisters say goodbye to her, and me and Laura Carmichael [Lady Edith] were just devastated playing it.
"We've spent three years of our lives together so Jessica going was as wrench. I miss her laugh, it's really distinctive."
While Michelle was distraught filming Sybil's death, she puts her full trust in 'Downton Abbey' co-creator Julian Fellowes and is "excited" to see what is going to happen to each character in the show.
READ MORE: http://www.list.co.uk/article/46721-michelle-dockery-devastated-by-lady-sybil-death/
'Downton Abbey' Season 3 episode 4: Lady Sybil's baby arrives, get out the hankies By Andrea Reiher January 27, 2013 10:00 PM ET (ZAP 2 IT)
This might just be the finest episode "Downton Abbey" has ever done. It is certainly a masterclass in acting from everyone involved. Be warned: Don't keep reading if you haven't watched yet.
Lady Sybil has died in childbirth. What an absolutely gut-wrenching hour of television. When Sybil goes into labor, there are some issues and Dr. Clarkson wants to move her to the hospital. But Lord Grantham's stuffy specialist Sir Phillip says everything is perfectly normal.
And a healthy baby girl arrives. But Sybil goes into seizures in the middle of the night and dies, with her family surrounding her, begging the doctors to do something. By that point it's too late.
Kudos to Elizabeth McGovern and Allen Leech as Cora and Tom. Their acting in Sybil's death scene was rip-your-heart-out good. This episode could really be anyone's Emmy reel, though -- from the Crawleys to the staff to Lady Violet. Maggie Smith's small moment at the end with Carson and then the hitch in her walk said more than 1000 words could express.
It was also a nice showing for Anna and Thomas, both of whom were closer to Lady Sybil than the other staff. Really just stellar work all around.
READ MORE: http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/01/downton-abbey-season-3-episode-4-lady-sybils-baby-arrives-get-out-the-hankies.html
Friday, 25 January 2013
‘Downton Abbey’ season 4 spoilers: Major Michelle Dockery scoop! (CARTER)
Of course, let’s start things off here with a warning: if you want to be surprised about the ending to “Downton Abbey” season 3, you really need to stop reading now.
I DON'T DARE PUT ANYTHING ELSE HERE FOR THE AMERICAN AUDIENCE - CHECK OUT THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE: http://cartermatt.com/47216/downton-abbey-season-4-spoilers-major-michelle-dockery-scoop/comment-page-1/#comment-88993
Monday, 14 January 2013
'Downton Abbey' recap: Spinsters Get Up For Breakfast (EW.COM)
It's full steam ahead on Edith's wedding preparations, while the servants cause their usual mischief in the bowels of the Abbey
By Denise Warner | Published Jan 13, 2013
Two big things happened -- one good, one bad, on the latest episode of Downton Abbey. And no, neither of them involve Laura Linney's opening narration.
Bad news first. As the middle Crawley sister, Lady Edith rarely has a moment to shine -- unless she's driving around a tractor or writing letters for wounded soldiers. Between Mary's drama with men named Kemal, Carlisle or Matthew, Sybil's rebellious job as a nurse and then her rebellious marriage to the Crawley's chauffeur, Edith has been left in her sisters' shadows to make googly-eyes. However, now that she's marrying Sir Anthony Strallan, "something happening in this house is actually about [Edith]."
Genuinely happy about the upcoming nuptials, Edith prepares to take over as mistress of Sir Anthony's house and for their trip to Rome, Florence and Venice where, presumably, she will lose her virginity. No wonder she's ready to get married...
Lord Grantham and the Dowager Countess continue to disapprove of Edith's choice of husband. (Funny, they didn't seem to mind him when they tried to foster him on Mary back in 1913, or when he almost proposed to Edith then as well. I know he's injured from the war, but still.) Yet, the two are resigned to having an old man as a son-in-law/grandson-in-law.
Unfortunately, Sir Anthony comes to the realization that he doesn't want to indenture Edith for the remainder of his life. So the natural thing to do is pull a Mr. Big and leave Edith at the altar. Poor Edith doesn't know what to do with herself, so the Dowager practically pries her away from Sir Anthony as he flees the church.
READ MORE: http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/downton-abbey-season-3-episode-2/
Sunday, 13 January 2013
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Thursday, 3 January 2013
Three Pushy Questions for Downton Abbey’s Executive Producer By Denise Martin
Downton Abbey returns in four days, and according to our critic Matt Zoller Seitz, everything is back in its proper place after having been flip-turned-upside-down during last year’s popular, if super-soapy, upswing. (If Matthew whines about dearest dead Lavinia one more time … ) However, before we move forward with the further adventures of the Crawley clan, there are three outstanding issues with the show that needed clearing up. To get some answers, we broke the rules of decorum and asked executive producer Gareth Neame to settle such nagging questions as why Americans must wait to see more episodes until the Brits have politely dined on them and retired to the drawing room, and just why things went all soapy last season.
Why doesn’t Downton air simultaneously in the U.K. and U.S. (so that we may avoid horrible spoilers of the Christmas-ruining variety)?
The producers took extra precautions to prevent the secrets and twists of season three from spilling; paparazzi-blocking security was added to location shoots, and scripts were marked with code names. So if Neame had his way, U.S. audiences would get to share in the first viewing. “In this day and age, it’s clearly ridiculous that people watch the show in England four months early and 1.5 million people in America go and watch it illegally,” he said. “If I were PBS and I had the biggest drama I’d ever had in my entire 40-year history, I would be sorting my schedules out to make sure I was airing it more quickly.” PBS didn’t shoot down the idea of airing future seasons of Downton earlier, but said “technical hurdles and financial considerations” have prevented it in the past. And by airing in January, PBS avoids having to compete with the glut of new shows that the broadcast networks premiere in the fall. “Obviously, spoilers and piracy are two key reasons supporting the case to air Downton Abbey closer to the U.K. broadcast,” a rep for Masterpiece told Vulture. “The conversation about scheduling will continue.”
READ MORE: http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/three-pushy-questions-for-downton-abbeys-ep.html
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