“We stood there and we were getting our photo taken, and it was at the end of season 6, and said, ‘I’m pretty sure you’re fed up with people asking what’s next.’ And I turned to her and said, ‘You better get used to that in January.’ That was a pretty cool moment and that will always stick out in my mind.” One of the most bizarre encounters I had was probably being invited along with Michelle to the last White House Correspondents dinner and meeting President Obama and the First Lady, who is a big fan and having a moment to talk to them,” he tells EW. “It’s always surprising the people that love the show. This monumental news is the plot around which the entirety of the Downton Abbeyfilm, now in theaters, fixates - how will Mary ( Michelle Dockery) ensure her house is adequately prepared? Will Thomas ( Rob James-Collier) be up for the butler-ing job? And will Tom Branson ( Allen Leech) let his Republican tendencies show, much to the family’s embarrassment?Īll of this provides fodder for the low-stakes aristocratic drama that has become the bread and butter (or is it tea and crumpets?) of Downton Abbey, while also laying groundwork for more serious explorations of romance, living as a gay man in England in this era, and assassination attempts - many of which involve chauffeur turned Crawley family member Tom Branson.īut for Allen Leech, the actor who has played Branson since the start, it turns out meeting another ruling party (this one democratically elected) was his equivalent of a royal visit. The King and Queen are coming to Downton! Hughes).WARNING: This post contains spoilers from the plot of the Downton Abbey movie. Other stars from the adored series, who hopped over the pond for the premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House, included Elizabeth McGovern (Cora Crawley), Hugh Bonneville (Robert Crawley), Joanne Froggatt (Anna Smith), Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary), Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith) and Phyllis Logan (Mrs. “Ask Julian Fellowes where all the money goes!” When Page Six inquired whether he had purchased his own villa in the South of France with his “Downton Abbey” earnings, Leech laughed. ” Leech’s character gets married in the upcoming “Downton Abbey” movie. It was the first thing I did, and I was delighted. “And every actor - if they say they didn’t, they’re lying - checked ‘Exterior: Riviera’ to see if their character was there. “We heard that might be in the script,” he explained of the location. Leech reprises his role as Tom Branson in “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” which was filmed partly in the South of France. A year later, the couple welcomed their first baby girl.
Guests at the ceremony included his “Bohemian Rhapsody” co-stars Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton. Simpson: American Crime Story,” in January 2019 at the Alisal Ranch in California. The Irish actor wed Herman, who appeared in “The People v. “I’ll be well outnumbered,” he joked, adding that the baby is due in “late September, early October.”
Leech, 40, had on a pink-hued jacket, while Herman, 35, rocked a sparkly pink dress. While Leech did not explicitly share the sex, he told Page Six exclusively at Sunday’s “Downton Abbey: A New Era” premiere in New York City, “If you can see what myself and my wife are wearing, you have a clue.” See all the stars at the ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ premiereĪllen Leech, who plays the chauffeur-turned-beloved family member in “Downton Abbey,” revealed that he and his wife, Jessica Blair Herman, are expecting their second daughter.
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