One of many stars of Downton Abbey did not know his character’s actual first identify till filming started for one of many present’s most romantic and long-awaited scenes. The discharge of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale has compelled audiences to say goodbye to arguably essentially the most beloved interval drama of all time, with nearly each main member of the remaining forged returning for Downton’s remaining story.
This consists of Harry Hadden-Paton’s Bertie Pelham, later known as the seventh Marquess of Hexham, who was first launched to the Crawley household within the 2014 Downton Abbey Christmas particular. In Downton Abbey’s last-ever episode, Bertie marries the unfairly neglected Woman Edith (Laura Charmichael), giving Edith her much-deserved pleased ending.
It wasn’t till this important remaining episode that Hadden-Paton found “Bertie’s” first identify, nonetheless. Throughout an interview with Folks on the Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale premiere, the actor revealed that he solely realized his character’s full identify was Herbert Pelham when he first noticed the marriage program for Bertie and Edith’s marriage ceremony.
“I still have the program from my wedding, Bert and Edith’s wedding, which is kind of special, and it’s how I learned my name. It says on the front of it. ‘The marriage of Herbert and Edith,’ and I had no idea I was a Herbert. I always thought I was an Albert or something.”
What Hadden-Paton’s Story Tells Us About Downton Abbey
In fact, Hadden-Paton’s confusion is extra of a enjoyable behind-the-scenes reality than anything, and would not actually affect no matter occurred within the present. Nonetheless, for a collection as meticulous concerning the necessary particulars as Downton Abbey, from the units to the costumes, the hairstyles, and traditionally correct props and storylines, it is definitely humorous to comprehend that one thing this finally trivial was neglected.
Hadden-Paton additionally revealed that, along with the marriage program, he’d stored a three-piece go well with from the tip of the present. Sadly, he was requested to return it as quickly as filming started on the 2019 Downton Abbey film. “I stole a suit that was at the end of the series that they asked back as soon as we did the movie,” the actor advised Folks.
Not less than he was allowed to maintain that all-important and delightful memento from Herbert and Edith’s marriage ceremony scene.
Our Take On Hadden-Paton’s Downton Abbey Character
Edith and Bertie taking a look at one another and holding drinks subsequent to a Christmas tree in Downton Abbey.
Hadden-Paton’s reveal would not change something in Downton’s story, in fact, and it definitely did not have an effect on his efficiency or participation in Edith’s life-changing romance. Regardless of Edith’s well-kept and probably ruinous secret, Bertie fell in love along with her and continued to like her, supporting her profession targets for the reason that begin of their relationship.
Whether or not he was named Herbert or Albert, Bertie’s life modified irrevocably when he turned the seventh Marquess of Hexham, anyway. All of a sudden, he was Lord Hexham. What did his full identify really matter? Fortunately, Herbert and Edith’s love story continues (and ends) in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, a becoming end for the Downton Abbey franchise.
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is in cinemas now.
