![]() ![]() The more I read it, the more I got to know the people involved, the more I loved it. It’s hard to answer that, I suppose, because I feel it would’ve been a very different beast and a very different thing if it involved men. Did this make you want to do Harlots more, or do you think you would’ve done it anyway if it was more creatively male-skewing? Right off the bat, I was immediately impressed that the show’s entire creative team was comprised of women. Speaking from a London bus en route to her theater production of Hamlet (she’s currently starring as Ophelia) Findlay spoke to Vulture about her “alienated” role, what it’s like to shoot sex scenes, and why the media can’t seem to move past her time on Downton Abbey. Life at the top, though, isn’t as glamorous as it may appear to be. But besides the central madame-on-madame drama, arguably the heart of the series is Jessica Brown Findlay’s complex portrayal of Charlotte, the daughter of one of the owners, who manages to climb up the social ranks to a more comfortable life as a popular upper-class courtesan. ![]() “And one in five women makes a living selling sex.” That’s the basic premise of this pastel-infused romp of a “whore’s eye view” drama, which follows the scathing battle between two brothel owners - both serving different social classes and clientele - as they attempt to scheme their way to the top of London’s very in-demand brothel business. London is booming,” reads the opening title card of Hulu’s newest series, Harlots. Jessica Brown Findlay previously revealed that she has battled an eating disorder since she was a teenager.ĭownton Abbey: The Complete Collection DVD box set is available on Amazon.“1763. Written by Downton creator Julian Fellowes, the movie finished filming last November and will feature ( almost) the entire main cast of the TV series returning to their roles.Ī new trailer was screened last week, revealing new plot details for the movie, including the arrival of some very important Royal visitors! I had so much more I wanted to go and learn.” Looking back at her decision to quit the role of Sybil after just 20 episodes, the actress explained: “I was incredibly grateful for what Downton became and did, but it was my second job and I knew nothing about what I was doing. She joked: “I just thought it was this sort of quiet little period drama!” It broke records and it was really unexpected.” I had a big freak-out.”ĭiscussing the international fandom for Downton Abbey, Brown Findlay said: “Yeah, it was sold to 100 and something countries. “I was still at university, I was at art school, and I walked past a newsstand and there were the three sisters on the front of two or three different newspapers, saying that 14 million people had watched it. Speaking to Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, she recalled: “It was the end of the first series and it was right as the last episode had aired, and I was in Soho. With the upcoming Downton Abbey movie set for release in cinemas this autumn, Brown Findlay has been chatting about the surprise success of the show. ![]() Since then, she’s appeared in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Black Mirror, England Is Mine, Harlots and the BBC’s adaptation of Jamaica Inn. The 29-year-old English actress played Lady Sybil Crawley in the first three seasons of ITV’s hit period drama series, until Sybil’s tragic death following complications during childbirth. Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay has revealed why she decided to leave the show. ![]()
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