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* [[Stunt Casting]]: The casting of Shirley MacLaine as the [[Grande Dame]] Martha Levinson is done for all the right reasons — what other American actress could possibly go head-to-head with Dame Maggie Smith in the battle of the matriarchs? |
* [[Stunt Casting]]: The casting of Shirley MacLaine as the [[Grande Dame]] Martha Levinson is done for all the right reasons — what other American actress could possibly go head-to-head with Dame Maggie Smith in the battle of the matriarchs? |
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: |
* [[What Could Have Been]]: |
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** Gillian Anderson was offered the part of Cora Crawley, but turned it down. |
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** Steven Waddington auditioned for the role of Bates. |
** Steven Waddington auditioned for the role of Bates. |
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** The show was originally thought up as a spin-off to ''[[Gosford Park]]'', also written by Fellowes. It later became a separate entity set a couple of decades earlier. |
** The show was originally thought up as a spin-off to ''[[Gosford Park]]'', also written by Fellowes. It later became a separate entity set a couple of decades earlier. |