Downton Abbey 2: Is Matthew Goode in A New Era?

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Downton Abbey: A New Era reunites the franchise's huge ensemble cast, and makes way for some new additions, too, as it sees the Crawleys and co travel to the French Riviera and delve into Lady Violet's mysterious past. 

After so many years, it's quite something that all of these actors keep returning to play all these characters, though there has been one notable absence when it comes to the sequel's promotional material: Matthew Goode, who plays Henry Talbot. The character, who is married to Michelle Dockery's Lady Mary, only had a small cameo in the first film back in 2019 – rushing home from the motor show in Chicago he'd been attending to accompany his wife to a lavish ball. 

Despite his short screen time, he was present in both the posters and the trailers. So as soon as fans picked up on the fact that that wasn't the case this time around, they started to wonder whether he was in it at all. Well, he's not, it turns out.

**Warning: spoilers for Downton Abbey: A New Era**

Henry is mentioned a few times in Downton Abbey: A New Era. Most notably, perhaps, when Mary's sister Edith (Laura Carmichael) asks after him, and quizzes her sibling on how she feels about her frequently long-distance marriage. Mary explains that racing enthusiast Henry is in love with cars and adventure, and her too – or at least she thinks. Edith then suggests that Mary might have hoped that his affections for her might have cancelled the other two out, but alas, that has not proven to be the case.

As the rest of the family set off to France to visit the villa Violet (Maggie Smith) has been left by a wealthy marquess, Mary stays home to keep an eye on the film production crew that's hired out Downton to make a silent flick. During said time, she