Downton Abbey Surprise: Enter Julian Fellowes

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12 years ago

When season three of Downton Abbey concluded, Miss O’Brien was alive and well&period; However, when season four of the hit television series premieres on January 5th 2014, Downton Abbey will be without the devious maid&period; Miss O’Brien, portrayed by Siobhan Finneran, will be written out of the series&period;&NewLine;Why Is Siobhan Finneran Leaving The Show&quest;&NewLine;Siobhan Finneran has decided not to extend her contract with the series&period; Her original contract was only for the first three seasons&period; Finneran cites that she only participates in roles that she loves performing&period; After three seasons, Finneran has decided she is no longer in love with the Miss O’Brien role&period; Finneran will focus her extra attention on her latest television series, The Syndicate&period;&NewLine;Finneran is not the only actor to leave the hit drama series&period; Jessica Brown Findlay and Dan Stevens will also end their roles after three seasons&period; Findlay portrays Lady Sybil and Stevens plays Matthew Crawley&period;&NewLine;<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8504" alt="hollywood" src="https&colon;//medusamagazine&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/hollywood&period;jpg" width="198" height="254" />&NewLine;What Will Happen To Miss O’Brien&quest;&NewLine;The future is unclear for Miss O’Brien&period; The show’s creator, Julian Fellowes, may or may not choose to keep the character alive&period; Since several main characters have seen death as their exit off the show, O’Brien may still be living during the fourth season&period; Keeping O’Brien alive leaves the door open for a possible return of the maid&period;&NewLine;One common theory suggests that Miss O’Brien will receive a job with a new family&period; As for the family, the most likely choice seems to be the Scottish cousins from the 2012 Christmas episode&period; The family’s trip to India would provide a good cover story for the maid’s departure&period;&NewLine;A New Character &NewLine;Word has spread that another character will replace Miss O’Brien in the fourth season&period; Who is the mysterious new character that Julian Fellowes has slated to replace Miss O’Brien&quest;&NewLine;Recently, Rob James-Collier stated that Julian Fellowes has begun auditioning potential replacements&period; James-Collier plays the under-butler, Thomas Barrow, on Downton Abbey&period; Miss O’Brien was Barrow’s former spy on the upstairs portion of the house&period; She gathered the gossip and relayed that to Barrow&period; The new character will provide the same connection to the rumors of the house for Barrow in season four&period;&NewLine;Thomas Barrow’s Storyline &NewLine;With the entrance of a fresh character to Downton Abbey, James-Collier’s character will explore a different storyline&period; The series will not return to the plot involving the sexuality of Barrow&period; Julian Fellowes cites that he has been down that path and Barrow is finally accepted for who he is&period; He reminds viewers that, during the 1960s, homosexuality was illegal&period;&NewLine;Furthermore, the replacement co-worker will not be Barrow’s new love interest&period; However, the character will be somebody from Barrow’s past&period; Barrow will hold a secret over the new help and use it to his strategic advantage&period; Television viewers will be left guessing throughout season four as to what the secret actually is&period;&NewLine;Season Four Trivia&NewLine;James-Collier admits that he is excited for the next chapter at Downton Abbey&period; Due a recent movie role, James-Collier will sport a &dollar;6,000 wig when shooting begins&period;&NewLine;Jeri Ratliff is a self-proclaimed movie critic&period; In her free time, she likes to share her insights with others on various blog sites&period; You can learn more by going to http&colon;//www&period;direct-ticket&period;net for details&period;&NewLine;