Dan Stevens’ abrupt departure from “Downton Abbey” was an attempt to diversify his acting portfolio. Stevens said he quit the show because he wanted more “variety” in his work and to avoid being typecast.
He shared the story while promoting the German-language drama “I’m Your Man”, in which he again plays a male romantic lead — opposite Maren Eggert — but this one is different.
RELATED: ‘Downton Abbey’ Returning With A Second Film “I try not to be resistant to too many things,” he told the Australian. “I think it’s more about when interesting roles come along, really.
The challenges of this role as Tom [in “I’m Your Man”] were so many that I wasn’t really thinking about it as another romantic lead.” Stevens’ character in “Downton Abbey” —
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