Downton abbey mary1/21/2024 ![]() ![]() US: I read that you didn’t take memorabilia home. And we always try to meet up as much as we can. MD: No, we’re not in a group text but we all do keep in touch and always interested in what each other is up to. It’s a really powerful scene and I thought Laura was so brilliant in that moment. And I just loved that episode particularly because Mary was just on a rampage really to destroy everyone because she was so unhappy. And Mary was often the one who always got one over Edith and it completely turned it on its head. It’s such a powerful scene and a real victory moment for Edith. It sort of all had to come to a head with those two. I mean, the thing is it was such a build up for me and Laura because we knew it was coming and obviously because we read the script. MD: It has to be that last scene in the series where she calls her a bitch. US: What was your favorite scene between the characters? Just because the sort of irony of it because we loved each other so much in real life and yet the characters were at war. Laura and I have the exact same sense of humor so we would often be trying not to laugh during takes. We’d almost get disappointed if we didn’t see any of those sort of things between Edith and Mary. The more vile to one another the better for us because we just had a lot of fun playing those scenes. It’s the extreme opposite from our characters. MD: People love hearing how close me and Laura are in real life. Did you ever jokingly feel bad about that? Check out some of our favorite small screen fictional hometowns, including Dawson's Creek's Capeside, Gilmore Girls' Stars Hollow, and more! If only it really existed! Sometimes a TV show's setting becomes just another character. Even for me walking in and seeing my costumes - it was incredibly nostalgic. ![]() It was a big dinner scene in the last season. That one sort of has a prized position because of how beautiful it is and its delicacy. There is this green one with this gold ornate lace, which you can see at the exhibition. The evening dresses were absolutely amazing. MD: I loved anything that she wore at the estate. US: What was some of you favorite Mary outfits? I remember exactly where I was sitting and everything. MD: I was sharing a house with three other girls in South London and I was in my bedroom when I got the call from my agent. US: Where were you when you landed the role of Lady Mary? The first one was really special though.”įor more, read the rest in our Now and Then series: They were both beautiful in there own way. “I loved both of them because they were both so different. The work that went into those costumes were amazing,” Dockery tells Us. And even sitting down I was worried about tearing it. I had to sort of be followed around all day when we were shooting those scenes because everything had to be picked up because it was so delicate. And the lace was French lace brought in by Paris. But the first one - the beading was just incredible. Both of Mary’s wedding dresses can now be seen up close in Downton Abbey: The Exhibition in NYC. It was such a beautiful scene and it’s the moment when Mary realizes how much she loves him.”įollowing Matthew’s death, Mary would go on to wed Henry Talbot, played by Matthew Goode. He was going off to war and she thought she would never see him again. “I can’t remember how many takes it took but it was such a beautifully written scene. I love that scene and the music,” she says. “She gives him the little toy to bring to war with him. For Dockery, her favorite scenes between the characters were when Matthew proposed and when she sent him off at the train station in season 2. Viewers would go on to fall for Mary and Matthew’s romance. These TV shows, including Firefly, Freaks and Geeks, and Happy Endings, were cancelled or ended before their time - see which dearly departed programs made the list ![]()
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