One of the quiet reasons Downton Abbey has always felt more intimate than most ensemble dramas is that the relationships never seemed to end when the cameras stopped rolling. And Hugh Bonneville’s latest story about Michelle Dockery proves that the connection between this cast has long outgrown the script.
At the New York premiere of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Bonneville revealed that Dockery often texts him as “Papa” — and that she personally told him about her pregnancy before the news became public.
That detail says more than any red-carpet quote usually does.
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