Michelle Dockery has admitted the response to the ‘Downton Abbey’ film ”exceeded expectations”.
The 38-year-old actress reprised her function as Lady Mary for the interval drama’s spin-off film final yr, and although she and the solid have been ”thrilled” to get again to the saga, they have been uncertain how welcomed it might be by followers.
She advised OK! journal: ”We have been thrilled and, like with any present you are part of, you simply by no means know what the urge for food can be on the market.
”Of course, individuals have been wanting it to occur and prepared it to occur, so we did it.
”But you by no means know the way it should end up.
”However, it exceeded our expectations.
”It was thrilling to see it occur.
”And a sequel? We’ll see.”
While Michelle appears uncertain concerning the thought of a sequel, producer Gareth Neame just lately confirmed there’s a script within the works which he and the remainder of the crew are ”completely dedicated” to bringing to the large display if they’ll.
He stated: ”We are completely dedicated to creating a sequel if we will deliver all the weather again.
”During the course of this yr, we can have a script and we’ll attempt to assemble all of the actors once more, you realize, as quickly as we will.”
Gareth beforehand steered that making the proposed sequel could be a ”smoother” now it has been confirmed that ‘Downton Abbey’ might transfer from the small display to the large display.
He stated: ”It’ll be smoother in a single sense – that it is now hopefully a confirmed idea. It’s not one among these reveals that got here from TV after which flopped within the cinema. So I believe that can give everybody consolation that, sure, we all know it really works.
”But the problem can be, is everybody out there on the similar time? Can we make offers with them? That would be the problem.”
