00:00I loved this script, I think it's really funny, I laughed out loud more than the first film
00:11and there's just so much happening in this film, I mean of course the last film, there's always
00:18something happening, I mean there was the big event of the king and queen coming to visit
00:22but this time the house being invaded by a film production and then half the cast going
00:29to France, I mean there is a lot happening, so I was really excited by it and I love that
00:36Mary is thrown into this movie world.
00:42So the movie opens with the wedding of Branson and Lucy, which is lovely, it's a lovely way
00:50to start a film, so it's a really positive, exciting event for everyone.
00:59And there's always financial worries about how we're going to afford to keep Downton going,
01:09so then we get offered this apparently big sum of money from this movie director, which
01:15solves that problem and then of course we see that Violet is at the house and she's not
01:23going anywhere, which I think will be lovely for the audience.
01:31Sometimes I still pinch myself that I get to work with Maggie and have worked with her for
01:37so many years now, it's a real privilege because she is one of the greats, if not the great.
01:47She's amazing and I think we all find that we really up our game when we're doing scenes
01:53with her because she's so sharp and she finds things in the script that you would never see
01:58and the scene sometimes becomes something else and she always gives it more flavour, she's
02:04incredible.
02:06She's so funny, I mean she makes me laugh all the time.
02:12And I think the audience just really adore her.
02:15I think there is just something about her, you know, the character is just so brilliant
02:22and funny and I don't know, I feel like the audience really kind of from the get go, people
02:30were quoting her and you know all of those brilliant lines have sort of become these, you know, gifs
02:37and memes and, you know, she really captured audiences and really it's because she's so
02:45good.
02:46I think it really comes down to that, is that her acting is just on another level.
02:54Mary's definitely growing into her role as the boss, the household boss.
03:00I think she loves it actually, you know, again as much as she sort of does that, rolls her
03:07eyes at everything, I think she really enjoys it and she's very good at it.
03:14And I think what's great about Edith and Mary is that they live apart now, which means their
03:20relationship is better.
03:22I think they, they needed some distance I think and now that they have, you know, their
03:28own lives and, you know, they're married and settled now and I think, and happy, I think
03:35that that is, you know, there's a lot to be said for that because I think Edith and Mary
03:40were at each other's throats when one of them wasn't happy, you know, it really came down
03:45to that.
03:47So they've matured, their relationship has matured, but you know, there's still the odd
03:51kind of, you know, jab here and there and we love it, me and Laura love, love those scenes.
04:00He has such, Simon has such a brilliant rapport with actors and not just because we know him
04:05so well, you know, even with actors he doesn't, he didn't know very well on Downton, there's
04:10just such a, he gives such specific notes, but they're very, they're, he's not a director
04:17that kind of, um, kind of, you know, makes you sort of try too many different ways or it's
04:25like very, very simple, really, really simple.
04:27So he'll, you know, he'd say things to me like just, you know, do it again, but don't,
04:33you know, just keep your eyes on the other actor or you don't have to move or emote too
04:38much of what you feel in that scene.
04:41Just keep it very, very still.
04:43And for me, it was a bit of a lesson in film acting because of course you are huge on that
04:48screen.
04:50And I think that Simon really, you know, he, he, he really encourages you just to trust
04:57that what you're saying is enough and you don't have to over emote.
05:02Um, so that was, that was lovely.
05:05I loved that and sometimes really challenging, which I really enjoyed.
05:08Um, he's also just the loveliest man.
05:11And he, like you said, he is just so enthusiastic and loves Downton.
05:19I think ultimately Downton is about love and I think that's universal.
05:26I think that that is why people love it.
05:28I think in the end it comes down to love and family, um, and characters that have real
05:36heart and that, that people can really relate to.
05:40I think every single character somebody can relate to or relate to their story, something
05:46that's happened to them, even though it's set in the 1920s, um, it's relatable.
05:53Um, but ultimately I think it is about love.
05:59It's definitely worth seeing it on the big screen.
06:01Um, I really think that Downton was probably made for it originally.
06:06I think that it's, it was always very cinematic.
06:09And so now that we've had the opportunity to put it on the big screen, um, it's the place
06:15to watch it.
06:16I think, um, and it's the experience, isn't it?
06:19I think we've, that's what we all love so much about cinema is being able to just zone out
06:24and turn off your phone and, and be swept into this, you know, other world.
06:30of people.
06:33So, thank you, all.
06:35Thank you.
06:37Thank you.
06:39Thank you.
06:44Bye-bye.
06:46Bye-bye.
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