Auld Lang Syne

[shanghaiedinla]

“I’m not shocked … just stunned, and desperately sad.”

[Downton Abbey S3/CS 2012 Spoilers Ahead]

These were the words of Downton Abbey’s Mary Crawley in S2 to Matthew’s erstwhile fiancée, Lavinia, when they learned that Matthew’s war injury would prevent him from fathering children or, as Matthew himself so delicately put it, being “properly married.” The CS 2012, an episode that

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[shanghaiedinla]

That's unless he saw Vamps as a big success.

LOLOL! And it's astonishing, isn't it, that DS had better things to say this year about working on Vamps than he did DA?

Movies and shows that might have been ready to promote him as "Dan Stevens from Downton Abbey" may feel it's safer to look in another direction.

Sadly, I think it will have a far greater (negative) impact on the show than it will his career. However, I certainly don't think it will help his career. Rather I don't think it will have much impact one way or another. I think, in the long run anyway, he will have the career he would have had if he had stayed another year. The problem is, I think he's overestimated his appeal in terms of having a big film career. And after the comments he made about not enjoying the vagaries of shooting a TV series, any creator/writer or casting director for a show here would I hope think twice before casting him. Besides, what kind of appeal does he have as a morally ambiguous protagonist or antihero (which are the roles he covets)? None. He's no Damian Lewis or Dominic West. Let's face it: he has a look and presence that's best suited for period roles and, by and large, "nice guys." So I don't think he can do a whole lot better than playing Matthew Crawley on a cultural phenom that's critically and popularly well received.