Michelle Dockery interview: ‘I wouldn’t say no to playing James Bond’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I’ve never played a really mean character,” she adds, looking delighted at the prospect, “although Lady Mary can be a bit like that at times!” We’re sitting across from one another in a discreet but grand hotel in London, discussing the new Downton Abbey film. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free open image in gallery Dockery with co-star Merritt Wever in ‘Godless’ It’s not difficult to think of another reason Dockery may have related to both Alice and Lady Mary, the latter at least during season three, in which Matthew is killed in a car crash while driving home to see his wife and newborn child. What was great about Downton was that I was going back home.” open image in gallery Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Talbot, centre left, and Matthew Goode as Henry Talbot in a scene from Downton Abbey The movie, which was written and co-produced by series creator Julian Fellowes, is set in 1927. “I think it’s the opposite sometimes, with a show like this – if somebody’s casting a 1920s period drama they won’t look for people like us, because it’d be like seeing Lady Mary all over again.” There’s a good chance, given the turmoil unfolding in UK politics, that Downton will be held up as a “distraction” from Brexit as much as the royal wedding or prime minister Boris Johnson adopting a puppy with his girlfriend.