Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern has reflected on her career in acting, and the path she could have taken had she married former partner Sean Penn.MORE: Downton Abbey's Elizabeth McGovern on watching on-screen daughters 'grow with confidence'The former couple met on the set of their 1984 film Racing with the Moon, and soon after they fell in love and got engaged when Elizabeth was 23.
However, the relationship was short-lived and continued on-and-off for two years.WATCH: Are you looking forward to Downton Abbey: A New Era?During her recent chat with Daily Mail, the actress explained: "There's a road I could have taken, but I decided to call it off.
It just felt like we were on different tracks.MORE: Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes on the difficulties of killing off beloved charactersMORE: The Downton Abbey children are all grown up!
See the photos"We were only in our early 20s. It would have been nothing short of a miracle had that become a lifelong partnership because we were both really young and figuring out who we were."Sean went on to marry Madonna, while Elizabeth moved to England in 1992 and met now-husband, British film-maker Simon Curtis.
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