(Spoiler alert... if you haven't watched the season three finale of Downton Abbey, stop what you are doing and run along to it. I watched it on my phone in the mountains with buffering and spotty 3G reception. What is your excuse? If you don't watch Downton Abbey, well, I don't really know what to say except that you should. Or you shouldn't. Because it will break your heart and mess up your mascara. Moving on.)
Dan Stevens, I have a bone to pick with you. I do not approve of you
deciding to end your contract. Matthew Crawley does not approve of you ending your contract. Most certainly, the Dowager Countess DOES NOT approve of you ending your contract.
You wanted freedom to pursue other acting jobs. REALLY???? Because your character on Downton Abbey was brilliantly written with feeling and depth and had so very much room to grow. Couldn't you pursue other jobs during the hiatus? Or was nine episode season just too grueling? NINE EPISODE SEASON!!!!!
(Can we have a side conversation about how the season is WAY TOO SHORT???? I mean really. TOO SHORT.)
Or was it you didn't want to be typecast? REALLY???? Remember the richness, and depth of your character? You could really go anywhere with that so called "typecasting". Romance? Comedy? Drama? Action? Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Because as Matthew Crawley you displayed all of those facets with
depth and richness.
We have a family motto Mr. Stevens. It is simply this:
PUT SOME DIRT ON IT.
Don't want to do something you committed to?
PUT SOME DIRT ON IT.
Don't want to show up somewhere you committed to being?
PUT SOME DIRT ON IT.
Don't want to finish a job you committed to finishing?
PUT SOME DIRT ON IT.
Keep your committments. Show up for people. Even when you don't want to. Even when it is hard. Even if it isn't what you thought or hoped it would be. Even when you think there is something better out there (chances are THERE ISN'T.)
Quitting is for quitters.
Endurance is for awesome people.
Sticking it out isn't always easy, but there are far greater rewards in the end.
Now you will
always be the guy who quit Downton Abbey.
Lets see how that works out for you.
You were all that was good in Lady Mary. You made me like her. I fear what your leaving will do. I hate that I have to wait nearly a year to find out.
Goodbye Matthew Crawley. Downton will not be the same without you and your blue eyes. Nor will you be the same without Downton.
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