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Glad 'Downton Abbey' is coming to an end: Maggie Smith

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Press Trust of India London
Actress Maggie Smith says she is glad to be saying goodbye to hit drama "Downton Abbey"after six years.

The ITV drama is in the middle of its sixth and final season, before a Christmas special wraps it up, reported Daily Mirror.

80-year-old Smith, who plays the irrepressible matriarch Violet Crawley in the series, spoke to the "Graham Norton Show" about how she is pleased to finally wrap up the popular drama.

"I am glad it is over, I really am," Smith said.

"By the time we finished she (Countess of Grantham) must have been about 110. It couldn't go on and on, it just didn't make sense."
 

Asked whether she would like to be in the movie, which has long been mooted by the series' creator Julian Fellowes, she replied, "I can't.

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First Published: Nov 01 2015 | 12:57 PM IST

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