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  • What's difficult for American audiences is that they're used to a system here where you can get an actor for five years or even seven, and that is signed for at the audition. Whereas in England, no agent will give you an actor for more than three years.

    "Screenwriter Julian Fellowes Talks ROMEO & JULIET, Adapting Shakespeare, DOWNTON ABBEY Season Four (and Five), GILDED AGE, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 14, 2013.