The halls of "Downton Abbey" will be a little emptier next season. Earlier this week, viewers were shocked when it was confirmed that Dan Stevens (Matthew Crawley) would not be returning for Season 4 of the period drama, after his character definitively exited the series in this year's Christmas Special.
Now, "Downton" creator Julian Fellowes has weighed in on the actor's abrupt exit, telling British newspaper the Daily Telegraph,
"We have always tried to persuade him to stay. He had done
fantastically well for the series and his creation of Matthew was
terrific. But this is life. Dan felt that this was right thing for him,
and the right moment to move on to different areas."
Stevens' exit proved particularly controversial, considering that
Matthew was killed in the Christmas episode, rather than the door being
left open for a future return. According to the Telegraph,
"Downton's" British broadcaster, ITV, has since been inundated with
complaints that the storyline was "a 'travesty', a 'tragedy' and an
'outrage', with some saying the ending had 'ruined their Christmas'."
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