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Downton Abbey

WRITER/CREATOR JULIAN Fellowes on the high-octane hijinks of Downton Abbey’s first big-screen outing.

TOM SAVES THE KING

In a film where buffing some cutlery is the equivalent of facing off against Thanos, the sequence where Tom Branson (Allen Leech) leaps into action to stop dastardly traitor Chetwode (Stephen Campbell Moore) from offing the King is like all of James Cameron’s filmography rolled into one. “I like the idea of reminding people of the bravery that is required for being royal, or President, or any other public position,” says Fellowes. “And I like the irony of

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