Paul Giamatti gets emotional on ‘Downtown Abbey’ return without Maggie Smith

Paul Giamatti, who’s reprising his function as Harold Levinson within the Downtown Abbey sequel, opened up about getting again on set within the wake of Maggie Smith’s dying.
The 57-year-old actor shared that Smith nonetheless feels part of the solid and the actors haven’t been in a position to register that she shouldn’t be there.
“It was not the identical with out her, however it felt very very similar to in her honor indirectly. She definitely nonetheless feels current by means of the entire thing. Not having her there may be clearly an enormous loss, however all people was nonetheless performing in her spirit,” Giamatti informed Folks Journal.
The Sideways star added, “Working together with her the primary time round was top-of-the-line issues ever and I did not even actually get to try this a lot together with her.”
Downton Abbey can be making its ultimate return for the third film, titled, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, which comes out on September twelfth.
The film is bringing again lots of the authentic solid members, together with Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Laura Carmichael and Michelle Dockery, amongst others.
The franchise can also be welcoming new actors together with Alessandro Nivola and Joely Richardson for the upcoming film.