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之声。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。”