Downton Abbey will NEVER feature Game of Thrones Red Wedding-like massacre, says creator
DOWNTON ABBEY viewers will be spared a Game Of Thrones-style massacre, despite show bosses being huge fans of the medieval fantasy.
Game Of Thrones writers have stunned viewers with a wedding massacre but Downton creator Julian Fellowes has promised that there is no way the Downton cast will be decimated in similar fashion.
There will not be someone coming in with a machine gun. I can’t see it
He said: “There will not be someone coming in with a machine gun. I can’t see it. Every show has its own rules and as long as you stick to those rules you do not disappoint.
“Game Of Thrones is a terrific show, Mad Men is a terrific show, The Good Wife is a terrific show and we are pretty good too and all could not be more different.”
Fans of his ITV show have in the past been upset when popular characters have been killed off. However, Fellowes says while a servant can simply “leave for another job” if the character’s actor wants to quit, the problem is much greater if someone playing a member of the family decides to go, and “the Grim Reaper” may have to step in.