Downton Abbey/Trivia


 * Dawson Casting: The series starts out by doing this; for example, Lady Sybil is 16 at the time the show begins, but played by the 21-year-old Jessica Brown Findlay. Since the show's time progresses considerably faster than real time, this doesn't last; by the end of season 2, Sybil has actually passed Findlay's real age.
 * Fan Community Nicknames: Downtonians
 * Hey It's That Guy:
 * The Dowager Countess of Grantham is also Minerva McGonagall, Constance Trentham, Jean Brodie and Whoopi Goldberg's Mother Superior.
 * Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, is Kate Winslet's lover in Iris. He also has experience as a noble, as Sir Thomas.
 * Cora, Countess of Grantham, is Evelyn Nesbit, Deborah Gelly, and also the mother of Kick-Ass. With the help of John Hughes, she even once had Kevin Bacon's baby!
 * Lady Mary is Susan Sto Helit.
 * Lady Sybil is Rachel the "Virtue Bitch."
 * Isobel Crawley is Shaun's mum and Lizzie's aunt. Also Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister.
 * Mr. Carson is John Faa.
 * Anna is Kate, and Sam Tyler's mother.
 * Thomas is Liam Connor.
 * Branson the driver is also Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Francis Dereham.
 * Sir Anthony Strallan (Edith's suitor) is Percy Hamleigh and Lt. Eccles.
 * Lord Grantham and his heir presumptive Matthew are Gerald Fedden and Nick Guest from The Line Of Beauty, respectively. It's nice to see them getting along.
 * Matthew Crawley is also Edward Ferrars in the 2008 TV miniseries.
 * Mr. Bates is Robert Timmins and Nicholas Higgins.
 * Sir Richard Carlisle is Ser Jorah Mormont and Father Octavian.
 * And now Gwen is Ygritte.
 * Vera is Catherine of Aragon.
 * The Duke of Crowborough is Tristan Thorn and Owen Slater.
 * Marigold Shore is DS Barbara Havers.
 * Lord Grantham's sister is Mrs Wormwood and Miss Moneypenny.
 * And in the Christmas special, she's being courted by Sarah Jane's short-lived fiance, Peter.
 * One of Us: In the Behind the Drama interview videos, Jessica Brown-Findlay and Allen Leech talk about scanning scripts of their scenes together and wondering when Sybil and Branson are finally going to kiss.