5. DowntonThe first OMG moment came when Matthew Crawley, the series’ dashed male leader, was killed during the three final season. “There were many very upset people who demanded excuse,” Stevens told Entertainment every week of its decision to leave the show at the end of its three -year contract.
As for why he was ready to say goodbye to DowntonHe explained: “Making a long-term TV thing was fantastic on all kinds of levels. But at the moment it is about seeing how I can stay challenged and maintained.”
6. I An interview with E! BeginnerFellowes emphasized that it was Steven’s choice to leave (and not return for an appearance during season four) that led to the character’s sudden passing away.
Noting that contracts in America tend to be longer, “it seemed to them that the production team had just decided that you would know,” he continued when he made a neck-ending movement. “But in fact he had just arrived until the end of his three -year contract and he wanted to continue and do different things … We had to make it work. Some of the letters I got got the hair to stand at the ends!”
7. But Matthew’s devastating death did not stay away when the four premiere crushed rating records and attracted 10.2 million viewers.
8. If Stevens had announced Fellowes before about his intention to leave the series, he said he would have staged fan favorite Lady Sybil’s exit differently: “I would probably have killed them together in a car accident.”
