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Post by kevvoi on Jul 30, 2012 16:00:28 GMT -5
mike209, the owners of Downton Abbey are very protective of their content -- it generally doesn't stay online very long at all -- hence all the videos in this thread that don't work.
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Post by kevvoi on Aug 12, 2012 16:25:25 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Aug 16, 2012 20:30:37 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Aug 19, 2012 19:16:49 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Aug 20, 2012 14:24:19 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Sept 4, 2012 18:05:50 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Sept 5, 2012 17:07:23 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Sept 6, 2012 18:05:38 GMT -5
New trailer for season 3:
Thomas shows up around the 33 second mark. (Video courtesy of ENTV)
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Post by kevvoi on Oct 30, 2012 18:55:38 GMT -5
Interview with Rob James-Collier: ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/73146602.htmlI quite enjoyed his description of meeting with Shirley MacLaine. WE’VE heard about British stars being big in Japan, but Rob James-Collier has just discovered he’s all the rage in country a little closer to home.
“I’m big in Germany, apparently. I’ve just done a shoot for German Vogue. I might bail over there and get a free night out,” says the 36-year-old, with an impish grin.
It’s his role as Thomas Barrow in Downton Abbey which has won him the attention. Handsome and Brylcreemed, Collier cuts a dash as the Crawley family’s first footman, but beneath the surface the character is as troubled as they come.
In his chequered three-series history, Thomas has relentlessly plotted and schemed. He tried to oust valet John Bates, to no avail, got himself shot on purpose during the First World War to get an early discharge from service and scammed the rationing system by selling goods on the black market, which ultimately left him bankrupt and begging Downton Abbey’s head butler Carson to give him back his job.
Such is Thomas’s notoriety that when Oscar-winning American actress Shirley MacLaine first jetted in to play Lady Cora’s mother at the beginning of this series, she made a beeline for James-Collier to berate him.
“It was a completely surreal experience,” he recalls. “She got out the car, this Hollywood icon, and she was kind of looking for someone. And everyone was there, the entire cast, and she went, ‘It’s you!’ pointing at me. She came over to me and she’s like, ‘The evil one! Why are you so evil?’
“And I was like, ‘Hello Shirley, nice to meet you, I’m Rob, how you doing?’ and she was like, ‘Never mind that, why are you so evil?’”
So far this series we’ve seen him locked in a battle of wills and wits with his former sidekick and fellow servant Sarah O’Brien. The pair fell out when, despite an era of austerity in the house, O’Brien managed to get her nephew Alfred a job as a footman.
Thomas sought to undermine the new recruit’s position and he and O’Brien turned on each other in a conflict which has come close to reaching the same level of drama as Lady Sibyl’s shock death during childbirth.
The clash between the two characters reached particularly dangerous proportions in the latest episode.
“It’s escalated into something highly malevolent and borderline disturbing,” says James-Collier.
Thanks to a bit of expertly-timed stirring from O’Brien, Thomas - who is secretly gay - believed handsome footman Jimmy Kent had fallen for him. He crept into his room and kissed him while asleep
As this series comes to an end, Thomas has to face the consequences of his actions, but James-Collier hopes viewers have come to understand him a little bit more.
“He’s very angry towards this world which condemns him for being who he is,” the actor explains. “We’ve seen him in a fragile state, open, vulnerable, a man in despair, and hopefully - if I’ve done my job right - the audience will empathise with him.
“It helps to understand why he is how he is. You get into the psychology of this broken man. I think the scenes are quite upsetting.”
The Mancunian actor, who played Liam Connor in Coronation Street for two years until 2008, thinks it was important to put the issue “out there” and to explore how being gay when it was illegal might have affected people.
“Thomas has always been an outsider because of his sexuality, he’s got this secret. There were no gay bars back then - that’s in series four when he opens one,” he jokes.
He’s hoping his character will make it into series four and, meanwhile, he’s been popping up in other shows, in roles “a world away from Thomas” - a deliberate move to avoid being typecast.
He starred in romantic drama series Love Life at the beginning of this year, and last year was in Jimmy McGovern’s BBC series Moving On.
But it’s Downton which people really want to speak to him about, even with fans outside of Germany.
“The nation seems to have taken this show to their hearts and you’re part of this show. So whether you’re good, bad or indifferent in it, they don’t care,” he says.
“You belong to Downton Abbey, ergo they love you, and it’s been nice to be part of that.” Original Source: www.newsletter.co.uk/lifestyle/downton-abbey-s-dashing-villain-despairs-1-4422189
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Post by kevvoi on Oct 30, 2012 19:07:36 GMT -5
Here is a poor quality clip of Thomas kissing Jimmy courtesy of channel Jose Tores:
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Post by kevvoi on Oct 31, 2012 21:33:08 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Nov 2, 2012 7:43:56 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Nov 23, 2012 18:16:40 GMT -5
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Post by moonstruck-me on Dec 11, 2012 16:03:43 GMT -5
The Christmas Special promo for this year:
There is only a second with Thomas. Hope to see a lot more of his character in the episode...
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Post by kevvoi on Dec 13, 2012 7:33:51 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Dec 20, 2012 16:00:04 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Dec 22, 2012 17:49:47 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Dec 28, 2012 19:07:26 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Jan 3, 2013 17:01:00 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Feb 11, 2013 18:29:36 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Feb 20, 2013 18:46:42 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Aug 31, 2013 15:57:05 GMT -5
New promo for season 4 - Thomas is in it for all of 0.5 seconds:
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Post by kevvoi on Sept 12, 2013 17:18:27 GMT -5
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Post by moonstruck-me on Sept 23, 2013 7:03:43 GMT -5
Thomas is back! Great first episode. I hope they keep up with Thomas storyline for the remainder of season for (though I'm not holding my breath... ) And I really liked that even though Thomas tried to be bad, he actually did something really good! Still wondering what they're planning with Jimmy...
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Post by Gary N on Sept 23, 2013 23:43:55 GMT -5
Yeah, I wonder if they're going to turn him gay. The way he's leading Ivy on is fishy
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