# New Downton Abbey movie in 2022 - Robert Crawley **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 24, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235 "2021-09-24T02:27:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/1 "2021-09-24T02:27:59Z")
I know that there’ll be a new Downton Abbey movie in 2022. But Hugh Bonneville, who plays Robert Crawley, has [lost a lot of weight](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12394275/downton-abbey-hugh-bonneville-weight-loss/). What kind of a story will they build around that to explain it? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/2 "2021-09-24T02:36:57Z")
Why do they have to explain anything? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/3 "2021-09-24T05:43:18Z")
My guess is they will explain it by saying he lost a lot of weight. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/4 "2021-09-24T07:29:58Z")
Among the more period-appropriate causes that I think would massively improve the plot of the next Downton movie and make use of Hugh Bonneville’s new physique would be: - a touch of dysentery - abject lack of self-care as his fortune collapses in the Great depression - there were numerous new-agey fads going around, so maybe he got into Madame Blavatsky, yoga and vegetarianism in a big way - the new cook is actually an unknown Crawley cousin and is secretly poisoning him to inherit Downton Abbey - one-man hunger strike in protest at Ramsay Macdonald’s government and their socialistic policy of providing milk for schoolchildren - getting super-fit to cross the Andes by frog. I would put this on a par with De Niro’s physical transformation for Raging Bull and potentially equally Oscar-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/5 "2021-09-24T08:02:10Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > abject lack of self-care as his fortune collapses in the Great depression I did think the Great Depression would be how the series ended, but so far they haven’t got to it. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/6 "2021-09-24T17:01:20Z")
I believe Maggie Smith didn’t want to do any more, or I could imagine the Dowager making some sniffy remarks about this newfangled craze for “banting”. I thought they missed a trick by not having Edith enthusing over dinner about seeing one of the early demonstrations of television in London. They could have had the Dowager dismissing the idea of sitting around watching a screen at home: “It will kill the art of conversation!” - followed by stony silence. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/7 "2021-09-24T17:08:13Z")
Maybe they can tie in Robert’s weight loss with his ulcer somehow. The doc told him to leave off the port, and for that matter, a whole lot of other consumables. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/8 "2021-09-24T17:09:49Z")
I vaguely remember the Dowager Countess having a conniption fit when a telephone was installed at the house. (Sorry, it was [Mr Carson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4slJoAftGE) who had trouble adjusting.) And then when there was an issue with Lord Grantham’s formal dress, he came to dinner wearing a tuxedo (which I believe she called “pajamas”, so informal did that seem to her). Most famously of course, “What’s a week-end?” ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/9 "2021-09-25T01:45:36Z")
Seriously, why do they have to explain anything. If they can replace Darrin on Bewitched or Dumbledore in Harry Potter I don’t see why a trimmer actor needs a story line. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/10 "2021-09-25T04:32:59Z")
I was sort of hoping for a prequel, so we could find out about all the times “someone tried to kiss [him] at Eton.” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/11 "2021-09-25T04:47:30Z")
Very cool. First I’ve heard about this upcoming movie. From what I’m now reading, all of the principal original cast will be in it, and the script is once again by the master himself, Julian Fellowes. Looking forward to it. As for Hugh Bonneville, geez, I thought he looked healthier in his original Downton Abbey days. I hope he doesn’t have an illness. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/12 "2021-09-25T07:27:51Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I hope he doesn’t have an illness. I think it’s just a lockdown health kick. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/13 "2021-09-26T16:21:46Z")
Yes, he always looked very healthy to me, too. He was the picture of a ruddy, robust country squire. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/14 "2021-09-27T07:24:20Z")
Apparently his wife would disagree with you. I see he says she told him “You’re as fat as a pig”. Don’t forget, Downton was made a good few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/15 "2021-09-27T08:43:00Z")
This is one of those rare shows that I really enjoyed the hell out of it, but at the same time I’m so over it too. Anyway I hope people enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/16 "2022-01-10T18:36:26Z")
Looking forward to it! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aCn3GZ_hwzk/maxresdefault.jpg "Downton Abbey: A New Era Teaser Trailer (2022) | Movieclips Trailers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCn3GZ_hwzk) > **[Downton Abbey: A New Era](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downton_Abbey:_A_New_Era)** > > Downton Abbey: A New Era is a 2022 historical drama film and the sequel to the 2019 film Downton Abbey. The film was written by Julian Fellowes, the creator and writer of the television series of the same name and was directed by Simon Curtis. > Downton Abbey: A New Era was released in the United Kingdom on 29 April 2022 by Universal Pictures and was released in the United States on 20 May by Focus Features. Like the first film, it received generally positive reviews from critics. > In 1928, Tom ... ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/17 "2022-01-10T18:41:51Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > I thought they missed a trick by not having Edith enthusing over dinner about seeing one of the early demonstrations of television in London. They could have had the Dowager dismissing the idea of sitting around watching a screen at home: “It will kill the art of conversation!” - followed by stony silenc Didn’t they do something like that when Downton got its first wireless set? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/18 "2022-01-10T18:55:54Z")
“Death begins in the colon!” was a 1920’s slogan, and removing a foot or two of the intestine was common. That could keep the weight loss contemporary. Also from that era, poking a syringe into a goat’s testicle, withdrawing fluid, then plunging the needle into a man’s scrotum. That might explain Lady Grantham’s neck being even more loose and wobbly. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/19 "2022-01-10T19:04:22Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > > [@PatrickLondon](#): > > > > I thought they missed a trick by not having Edith enthusing over dinner about seeing one of the early demonstrations of television in London. They could have had the Dowager dismissing the idea of sitting around watching a screen at home: “It will kill the art of conversation!” - followed by stony silenc > > Didn’t they do something like that when Downton got its first wireless set? There was a funny bit when the house received its first telephone. Carson seemed to be flustered by it and I think they hid it away in an office someplace. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235/20 "2022-01-10T19:33:23Z")
I wonder how big of a time jump there will be. Fascism became fashionable in some aristocratic circles in the 1930s. _That_ could be interesting; especially after the focus shifted from Italy to Germany. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235.md?page=2)