Michelle Dockery says the shared 'Downton Abbey' costumes hummed.
Michelle Dockery reveals the 'Downton Abbey' costumes reeked of other actors
The 40-year-old actress stars as Lady Mary Crawley in the period drama series and movies and has recalled the strong stench seeping out of the stale ensembles - which are not allowed to be washed to avoid them falling apart.
Speaking on 'Downton Abbey: The Official Podcast', she said: “Yes, let’s start with the smell. So some of these stunning original costumes have been worn by several actors.
"They’re just sort of giving off a little hum, and it is normally by the end of the day of course because you’ve been in them all day.
"And they just hum, and it’s not your smell, it’s like somebody else’s smell.”
Michelle was also relieved to get out of the corsets and start eating a proper lunch without being "in pain".
She said: “We could actually eat our lunches without being sort of in pain by the afternoon, and being able to eat a full meal as opposed to like being wary of how much we would feel bloated in this corset.
"So we were so relieved to get out of them.
“Yes, so it really sort of freed us up. I loved moving into the Twenties, that was my favourite.”
Michelle will return as Lady Mary in the upcoming film 'Downton Abbey: A New Era'.
The upcoming sequel will see the cast - which also includes the likes of Hugh Bonneville, Dame Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton - travel to the south of France to uncover a mystery at a villa.
'Downton' creator Julian Fellowes previously teased some details about the movie, which is based on the acclaimed TV series.
Speaking about the project, Julian shared: "It's really a new era. The further the '20s went along, the more the world was changing in so many ways. Everything from entertainment to transport was really different by the end of the '20s. That's what we're referring to in that."
Julian sees the 'Downton' films as an "extension" of the hit TV series, which ran for six seasons between 2010 and 2015.
And he explained that the new movie will pick up from where the 2019 film ended.
He said: "As we know from the last film, Mary may not be the titular head of the household, but she is effectively running the show. We take that further.
"We're trying to mark the change - the fact that Crawleys of Downton are nearly in the 1930s, which is merely the beginning of the modern world."
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