![]() ![]() Suffice it to say, it sounds like Froggatt is enjoying her post- Downton career thus far. “It was a just a project I felt extremely passionate about.” “I didn’t have say in all areas, but I was able to OK certain things, and it also meant I had a right to push my nose in and approach Masterpiece and PBS and say, … ‘I really think this is a Masterpiece show,'” she recalled of her summer meeting with the exec producers. As an associate producer on the ITV miniseries, it was Froggatt who brought the drama to Masterpiece’s executive producers. It’s no coincidence that, like Downton Abbey, Dark Angel will air on PBS’ Masterpiece. ![]() “It was great because Brian and I had worked together so we had a shorthand,” she said. Froggatt even had a fellow Downton Abbey alum on set: Series director Brian Percival also helmed Dark Angel, which was written by Gwyneth Hughes and inspired by David Wilson’s book Mary Ann Cotton: Britain’s First Female Serial Killer. ![]() “ next role is also a serial killer, so me and Kevin were sort of swamping notes,” she said with a laugh. It also helped that Froggatt wasn’t alone in her move to darker material post- Downton. “It was lovely, actually, to have something to focus on, to go straight on to, because I think I would have felt the weight of the end so much more if I hadn’t had something to focus on straight-away,” she said. The jump from Anna to Mary Ann was a big one, especially considering that Froggatt started work on Dark Angel just two days after wrapping the final season of Downton Abbey. … She’s lost a part of her humanity after doing that deed, and therefore the next time it makes it easier.” “Once she’s done it once, it’s now something that has changed her. “The first time she does it, you could argue, it’s to feed her children,” Froggatt said. That is, until she decides to kill her husband to receive his insurance money. Her husband loses his job and she struggles to find a way to make ends meet for her family. “She’s almost driven mad with grief,” said Froggatt. Those choices start after Mary Ann is forced to bury her first six children, who all died of natural causes. Golden Globe-Winning ‘Downton Abbey’ Star to Become ITV’s Victorian Poisoner ![]()
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