Matthew Goode confirmed for Downton Abbey movie – but he says he will only be “popping in at the end”
What does his appearance mean for Henry Talbot and his wife Lady Mary?By Eleanor Bley Griffiths
Monday, 3rd September 2018 at 7:00 pm
Matthew Goode has revealed he will be appearing in the Downton Abbey movie – but not for long.The actor starred as Henry Talbot in the ITV series, and gave us the happily-ever-after storyline we were hoping for with his character’s marriage to Lady Mary.
The last time we visited Downton, Lady Mary was pregnant with their first child and Henry had set up an automobile shop with Tom Branson (Allen Leech) named Talbot and Branson Motors.
So you’d expect him to have a pretty meaty role in the upcoming feature film.
But Goode tells Radio Times: “I’m just popping in at the end, which is a nice way to do it.”
Perhaps his limited role in the movie is down to his other commitments. After all, Goode has movies in the pipeline including Official Secrets and Four Kids and It, and on Friday his new drama A Discovery of Witches begins on Sky1.
Still, it’s left us pretty worried. Have Lady Mary and Henry Talbot lasted the course or will we find them sadly separated when we return to Downton Abbey?
Read the full interview in Radio Times magazine, out Tuesday 4th.
https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-09-03/downton-abbey-movie-matthew-goode-cast-confirmed/
Category: Matthew-Goode.net
With his easy charm, swept-back hair and a deathly pallor about his gaunt face, Matthew Goode is about to become the sexiest vampire to grace the screen since Robert Pattinson’s saturnine Edward Cullen in the Twilight saga.
He plays Matthew Clairmont, an enigmatic professor with a taste for blood, in a major new TV adaptation of the bestselling novel A Discovery Of Witches – the first book in American scholar Deborah Harkness’s All Souls trilogy.
But if you think you’re in for another generic slice of crucifixes and stakes through the heart, think again, says Matthew.
The full interview can be found in the press archive.
Review of Ordeal by Innocence
An extract from Josh Trebuchon’s article in ‘Technique’
Perhaps the least likable character in the series is the one most masterfully acted. The character of Phillip Durrant, a former war pilot who is paralyzed from the waist down by a car accident, is the Argyll family’s resident provocateur. Portrayed by Matthew Goode (“The Imitation Game”), he airs out each character’s doubts about who has committed the crime with detachment and brutal honesty, as though he approaches the consequential issue as a mere intellectual exercise.
In the hands of a lesser actor, Durrant would come across as a villain, but Goode’s performance highlights the character’s brokenness and demonstrates that his cruelty is simply a method by which he copes with his
own disability.
The full article can be found the press archive.
Sky have produced a press pack introducing the cast and episode summaries for the upcoming series.
The contents can be found in the Gallery or you can download your own copy here – https://www.skygroup.sky/corporate/media-centre/articles/en-gb/a-discovery-of-witches-press-pack
WIN a place at SKY ONE’S Premiere of A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES plus an exclusive drinks reception with an ALL STAR cast after the show!
You and a guest can join Deborah Harkness and the cast of Sky One’s A Discovery Of Witches at the UK premiere at Cineworld in Cardiff on Wednesday the 5th September 2018!
Arrive at 7pm and walk the red carpet with the cast and then make your way up to the top floor bar to enjoy a pre show drink and canapés before an exclusive preview of episode 1 and a taster of the rest of the series. After the screening join Deborah and the cast for an invite only drinks reception in the BAFTA Cymru bar.
And…winners will also receive a collectable, limited edition proof of the new book from Deborah Harkness – TIME’S CONVERT
There were just 100 copies of this edition of TIME’S CONVERT printed – and they have been closely guarded under lock and key for journalists and influencers. The book is not out for another month. BUT for this competition, we are releasing 5 of these highly covertable limited editions for the lucky winners.
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Goode luck!
Sky/Now TV have released the new TV trailer for A Discovery of Witches which starts airing on Sky One and Now TV on 14th September.
Scandinavia will be next to see ADOW – starting on HBOnordic on the 15th September.
Ordeal by Innocence released today on Amazon Prime in the US and already available via Amazon/I tunes in the UK.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is released on Netflix in the US today as well. What a Goode day!
A great review of Matthew’s performance in Ordeal by Innocence has been added to the Press archive today.
https://decider.com/2018/08/10/matthew-goode-ordeal-by-innocence/
Screenshots of Matthew in Ordeal by Innocence are available in the Photo Gallery.