'Downtown Abbey' Season 6 May Be Last: Cast Already Job Hunting In America, New Scripts Look 'Exciting'

There are now rumours that “Downtown Abbey” is set to end this year. Cast members are said to be already looking for their next jobs, majority of whom prefer to work in America. Lesley Nicol however, said the scripts for the six season look exciting.

Mirror UK reports that even though there is still no formal announcement or confirmation, it is said that “Downtown Abbey” is already ending this year. Insiders share that it has become an open secret that the hit British show, which is equally popular in the US, is already shooting its last season, prompting many of the cast to start looking for other jobs as soon as possible. Many are thinking of getting their next roles in America. According to an insider, “It’s an open secret that Downtown is ending this year.”

The reason that the hit period drama would end this year is that the writer Julian Fellowes’ rumoured decision to work on a new project featuring 19th century New York. According to the source, agents can already be seen looking for the next jobs of some of the main stars while the cast attended the Screen Actors Guild Awards. “Joanne Froggatt, Edith Carmichael and Allen Leech were in Los Angeles for the awards last week and there were several meetings about both TV and film roles,” the source specified. It is said that some of the actors were eager to let it be known that they are going to be available in summer for work in case there would be projects. Some are said to be interested in the US because they know “Downtown Abbey” has been as popular in the States as much as it was on the U.K.

Meanwhile, the season six of the series, which would be the last if the source is right, is already starting to shoot. Lesley Nicol, who plays the Crawley's cook Mrs Patmore, told Radio Times that she has already seen a total of five brand new scripts for the season and all of them look promising and exciting. She only managed to read one of the five, and she said it felt like she was reading a “wonderful book.”

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