In a rare appearance, the Dowager Countess herself graced journalists with her presence at the screening of the first episode of Downton Abbey’s final season this afternoon in London. Maggie Smith delighted the assembled press corps, sounding every bit as quippy as her Downton character — even if she swears all of the lines on the show are provided to her by creator Julian Fellowes. Smith said she was looking forward to a rest now that the show has wrapped. Asked what she would do next, the Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy winner said: “I’m going to be lying down. I believe for quite some time.” She also said she hasn’t watched much of Downton as the years have worn on — “certainly” not her own contributions — but would delight in a box set now that she has the time.

　　这位多维格伯爵夫人终于露面了。这个下午，在伦敦，伯爵夫人出席了《唐顿庄园》最终季第一集的首映礼，并“亲切接见”了记者朋友们。麦琪的出现引来记者们的拥戴——她简直跟《唐顿》里的角色一样妙语连珠，没人相信她只是照着制作人朱利安·法勒斯写的剧本读台词罢了。被问及接下来的计划，这位奥斯卡、英国电影和电视艺术学院奖以及艾美奖得主这样说：“我真的要歇歇了，可能要很长一段时间。”她还说在《唐顿》播出的这些年里，她其实并没有怎么看过——当然不能说是她一个人的功劳——但是如果她现在终于有时间看了，我们就更开心了。

　　Smith was joined onstage by Joanne Froggatt (Anna) and Hugh Bonneville (Robert) following the screening of the episode which I won’t spoil. Except to say, it’s pretty much everything a Downton fan would hope for. There is drama and emotion packed into the season launch and enough intrigue to indicate how it may move forward as it draws to a conclusion after six years. The U.S. debut on PBS has been set for January 3, but locally, ITV has not yet committed to a date; although we can expect it in September.

　　史密斯跟乔·安佛罗加特和休·波奈维勒在第一集放映后一同上台。第一集讲了什么我是不会说的~~除了~~绝对不会让你失望的。除了有丰富的剧情与情感融合其中，还有很多巧妙的构思来暗示着你，即使历经六年即将终结，接下来要发生的故事还是很值得期待。美国的首播时间定在明年1月3日，PBS电台。而在英国本土，ITV还没有给出确定的时间，不过应该在九月就能看到了。

　　In the audience, Rob James Collier (Thomas) and Jim Carter (Carson) wielded microphones and fielded questions including how Smith would feel about doing a movie that’s been mooted for several months now, even if no plans are in place yet. Saying she was “just surprised that I got to the end,” she added a movie “would be fun.” Queried as to how much she resembles Violet Crawley, she laughed, “I’m like that all the time. I never let up.” The popularity of perhaps Violet’s most famous line ever — “What is a weekend?” — was a shock, she said. “I was unaware” of the impact it would have when she first uttered it.

　　在观众席上，鲍勃·詹姆斯·科利尔(托马斯)和吉姆·卡特(卡森)拿着麦克风跟史密斯一同回答问题，其中包括，虽然没有任何具体计划，最近几个月疯传着关于本剧要拍成电影消息，她对此是如何看待的。她说她“能撑到最后简直不可思议”。她补充说拍成电影“应该会很有意思”。被问到她和剧中的怀里特·克劳利到底有多像时，她笑着说“我们简直一模一样，我也从来不怕把事情闹大。”怀里特最出名的那句居然是“什么‘周末’?”——简直令人震惊，她说，在她第一次说出这段台词的时候，“我真是完全没有想到”会有如此大的反响。

　　Smith also praised the crew, “It was extraordinary and incredibly reassuring to see these people day after day and know that they were the first people there and they were the last people to go… And there they are, all of them, and always in a very good mood, which I can’t say for myself.”

　　史密斯对剧组成员赞许有加。“看着同一群人，日复一日，从一开始就陪着你，你也深信他们会陪你走到最后，这是一种很奇特的经历，一种难以想象的相互信任。他们总是在你身边，而且永远保持着好心情。这一点我可是做不到的。”

　　Ahead of the actors’ panel, Downton creator Julian Fellowes was onstage with producer Liz Trubridge and exec producer Gareth Neame. Fellowes said he was happy with how he’s concluded things and has “shown a chunk of what everyone’s life would be.” But, he did quip, “Life is a slightly open-ended story. You can’t just kill the entire cast.”

　　在演员出场前，《唐顿》的主创朱利安·法勒斯和制片人利兹·图布里基和执行制片加里斯·尼姆首先出场。法勒斯说他对自己给故事安排的结局很欣慰，包括“每个人今后的会过着什么样的生活”。但是他又打趣说，“生活里总是要有留一点点想象空间的故事情节，你总不能把里面的所有演员都干掉吧。”

　　Neame and Trubridge again noted how they knew this was the right time to go. In fact, they all knew 18 months ago, Bonneville (who’s soon to reprise a Pirate King cameo on ABC’s Galavant) later said. Trubridge also spoke with pride about the BAFTA award the show was given this past week — the period drama has never won a major above the line prize from the UK org. The U.S. and global recognition has been “wonderful, but we were feeling ‘gosh it would be wonderful to have that from the UK’,” Trubridge said. The show is up for eight Emmys next month after several previous wins along with SAGs and Golden Globes.

　　尼姆和图布里基再次重申他们很清楚终结此剧的时机是对的。实际上，波奈维勒(很快就要在ABC新剧,《游侠笑传》中客串海盗王)后来提到，他们18个月之前就已经认识到了。图布里基还提到了上周夺得的英国电影和电视艺术学院奖——这部连续剧从来没有在英国官方得到过如此高水平的大奖。在美国，以及全球各地得到认可是“极好的，但是神哪，我们是多想再英国本土也得到同样的荣耀啊。” 图布里基如是说。本剧共获得本届艾美奖的八项提名，并且已经获得美国演员工会奖以及金球奖的多个奖项。

　　Speaking of possible future incarnations of Downton, Trubidge said (half-jokingly?) that she’d like to see the characters in the 1970s. Neame suggested a story about Master George (the son of Lady Mary and the late Matthew) running the estate in the 1950s.

　　谈到《唐顿》会不会有续集，图布里基(半开玩笑地?)说她很想看到各个角色在七十年代的样子。尼姆建议可以写个关于唐顿庄园唯一的继承人乔治(玛丽小姐和已故的马修)在五十年代发生的故事。

　　He added, “Last night at 7 PM we wrapped all of the servants. They shot their last scene. It’s an incredibly emotional, moving scene in the very last episode. It was very cleverly scheduled that they had that scene to do and then we clapped them all off the stage. I can tell you that quite a few tears were shed by grown men in the form of butlers and footmen that I never expected to see.”

　　他又说，“昨天晚上7点我们召集所有的仆人，拍摄最后一场戏。大家在拍摄时，情绪都异常激动。把这场戏安排在最后真的很明智，拍摄结束的那一刻掌声立即响起。我会告诉你穿着制服的管家和随从哭成一团吗?那场面我可从来没见过。”

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