有人走就有人来。昨天传出《唐顿庄园》(Downton Abbey)的人事变动信息,今天ITV的官方网站对此进行了证实,还详细介绍了新加盟的六位演员。这六位演员中最抢眼的无疑是来自威尔士的Tom Cullen,他将扮演「传说」中的「Mary的新爱情对象」——Crawley家族的旧友Gillingham爵士,他和Mary童年时代起就相识了。此外,Nigel Harman扮演新来的男仆Green;Dame Harriet Walters扮演Dowager(Maggie Smith)的朋友Shackleton夫人;Dame Kiri Te Kanawa扮演一位做客的歌手;Joanna David扮演约维尔公爵夫人(Duchess of Yeovil),Julian Ovenden扮演贵族Charles Blake。
ITV证实Shirley MacLaine将回归该剧,继续扮演Cora的母亲Martha Levinson。
ITV同时提供了一张Mary的新剧照并写了这样一段话:
“Downton Abbey series four finds Lady Mary mourning her husband Matthew, who died six months earlier in a tragic car crash. Matthew had just visited his wife and new baby George in hospital and was returning to see his family when his car overturned killing the heir to Downton.
Will Mary find happiness again in the new series of Downton Abbey which will be back on our screen in the autumn.”