'Downton Abbey' Sequel Film Reportedly Casts Nathalie Baye
Consider the worst kept secret in the U.K. film world to be finally over: Downton Abbey (the movie) is getting a sequel. Of course, it is, much like the first film, the energy was always there. It was just a matter of getting all the actors to align a large enough hole in their schedules simultaneously to make it happen. With so many projects canceled, on hold, or otherwise pushed back in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, it only took months, not years, to make such an alignment happen a second time.
Hugh Bonneville was the one to - unofficially - let the cat out of the bag. Speaking to BBC Radio 2 last week, he announced the scheduling alignment was just about complete for the entire ensemble cast, and filming is expected to happen soon.
"There is certainly the intention to do it. We would love to do it, we are desperate to do it, and I think it's the sort of pleasurable release of a movie like the first one was that audiences would enjoy after all of this mess we have been through."
