Why did Abigail star Dan Stevens leave a cushy gig on Downton Abbey, at the height of its popularity, with no other roles lined up?
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Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Actor Dan Stevens made a bold decision about a decade
ago to leave a very popular role as Matthew Crawley
on Downton Abbey and a steady paycheck too, in order
to move to Hollywood to pursue other acting opportunities. Even
though he had nothing lined up. It's all worked out
for him, and he's currently starring in both the horror
movie Abigail and the action monster hybrid Godzilla x Kong
a New Empire. These two roles seem like they couldn't
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be more different from each other, but they're an even
bigger departure from his character on Downton Abbey. That's exactly
what Dan was craving when he left England. He tells Variety.
I think it's maybe more a British attitude to say
I've never seen you do this. I don't think you
can do this, whereas the attitude I was met with
over here early on was i've never seen you do this.
I'd love to see you try. It's part of the fun.
It's been an ambition of mine for a while to
be able to do something where you can see one
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movie and see another movie and not recognize the actor.
Thought to Dan Stevens, his movie Abigail's out
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Now, that's direct from Hollywood.
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Actor Dan Stevens made a bold decision about a decade
ago to leave a very popular role as Matthew Crawley
on Downton Abbey and a steady paycheck too, in order
to move to Hollywood to pursue other acting opportunities. Even
though he had nothing lined up. It's all worked out
for him, and he's currently starring in both the horror
movie Abigail and the action monster hybrid Godzilla x Kong
a New Empire. These two roles seem like they couldn't
(00:23):
be more different from each other, but they're an even
bigger departure from his character on Downton Abbey. That's exactly
what Dan was craving when he left England. He tells Variety.
I think it's maybe more a British attitude to say
I've never seen you do this. I don't think you
can do this, whereas the attitude I was met with
over here early on was i've never seen you do this.
I'd love to see you try. It's part of the fun.
It's been an ambition of mine for a while to
be able to do something where you can see one
(00:45):
movie and see another movie and not recognize the actor.
Thought to Dan Stevens, his movie Abigail's out
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Now, that's direct from Hollywood.
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