Matthew Goode Explains Absence From ‘Downton Abbey 3’: “Maybe It’s A Good Thing”

Following Henry Talbot’s absence from the newest Downton Abbey film, Matthew Goode has showed he received’t be within the 3rd installment both.

The Emmy nominee just lately defined why he didn’t seem in Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) after portraying Lady Mary Crawley’s (Michelle Dockery) love passion within the 2019 characteristic continuation of the British historic drama collection, which ran for 6 seasons from 2010 to 2015 on ITV and PBS.

“I was unavailable for the second because I was doing The Offer. [For the third], I was shooting [Netflix’s Department Q],” he instructed Radio Times. “But I also buggered my knee, and I had to have an operation. That takes weeks to get over, so I was never going to be able to do it. And let’s face it, he was edging towards becoming a bit of a wet lettuce. So maybe it’s a good thing.”

Imelda Staunton, who performed Queen Mary’s lady-in-waiting Lady Maud Bagshaw within the first two movies, prior to now showed {that a} 3rd and ultimate installment is within the works.

“There will be the final film – there you go,” she stated on BBC Radio 2 closing March. The film filmed at Highclere Castle over the summer season and can premiere Sept. 12 in theaters.

After Maggie Smith, who performed Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, died at age 89 in September, govt manufacturer Gareth Neame defined that the 3rd movie used to be made with the forged and author’s “huge respect” for the overdue Oscar winner. The persona prior to now died in A New Era.

“The fact that Dame Maggie herself has now passed away since that time, I do think, has given a real added poignancy to a story that we would have planned anyway,” stated Neame. “The loss of the Dowager, it now feels far more significant that you see actors playing characters mourning the family matriarch. But I also see actors mourning the matriarch of the show, and it feels more genuine and more meaningful.”