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    Maggie Smith signs up for Downton Abbey movie

    It’s fair to stay nobody expected a ‘Downton Abbey’ movie when the show first aired in 2010, but after six incredibly successful series one is sure to happen. Creator Julian Fellows has stated his intention to make a film on numerous occasions, will the legendary Maggie Smith reprise her Emmy-award-winning role as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham? In an interview with Graham Norton last year however, she said: “I can’t – what age would she be?