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"New Downton Abbey star Matt Milne has promised that his character will not have a smooth ride across the rest of the series, teasing that &amp;quot;torment&amp;quot; lies ahead for Alfred the footman. Milne&amp;#039;s character has become a central love interest in the show, attracting attention and a kiss from lady&amp;#039;s maid Miss Reid (Lucille Sharp).   Sophie McShera&amp;#039;s Daisy Robinson also has a crush on the new arrival, but has yet to reveal her feelings to the latest staff member downstairs. &amp;quot;Alfred&amp;#039;s got a tormented time ahead. It&amp;#039;s going to be good fun,&amp;quot; Milne told Digital Spy.  &amp;quot;Edward Speleers&amp;#039;s new character Jimmy Kent comes in next week and he&amp;#039;s going to add a whole new dynamic downstairs. So there&amp;#039;s lots of fun in store.&amp;quot;  Speaking about arriving on set for the first time, Milne said: &amp;quot;I think it says a lot about the rest of the cast, they&amp;#039;ve built up a real family over the last two years, but they&amp;#039;ve really accepted me and the other new cast members into their working group.  &amp;quot;It says a lot about them about how accepting they have been and I&amp;#039;m really grateful for that. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s no jumped-up people whatsoever. It&amp;#039;s great to learn from that because you see that&amp;#039;s how the big boys like Hugh Bonneville and Dame Maggie Smith do it and I&amp;#039;ve learned from that.&amp;quot; Commenting on the show&amp;#039;s rise to become the UK&amp;#039;s most-watched TV drama, he added: &amp;quot;Julian Fellowes has just got a knack for creating characters that people are interested in. That and some great performances - it&amp;#039;s a perfect match.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s great to be involved in something so wonderful. It&amp;#039;s wicked to have a small part in something like this.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Downton Abbey&amp;#039; prequel planned by Julian Fellowes Downton Abbey continues on Sunday nights in the UK at 9pm on ITV1. Outside of Downton Abbey, Milne is starring in Tennessee Williams&amp;#039;s The Hotel Plays. Running from October 4 to 27 at the Grange Holborn Hotel in London, the production features three different plays in three different hotel suites. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s only 30 people in the audience and you&amp;#039;ll be able to see the whites of the eyes of the actors and reach out and touch us - but hopefully people won&amp;#039;t&amp;quot;, joked Milne. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s like being on the front row every night. There are no bad seats.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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