Julian Fellows on a potential The Gilded Age-Downton Abbey crossover: "Never say never"

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“I’ve learned this much, never say never. I’ll stick with that as my answer,” Fellowes tells Deadline with a smile regarding a potential crossover while discussing the Jan. 24 premiere of his new HBO period drama. As Deadline's Rosy Cordero notes, "such a crossover is possible and would make perfect sense as it pertains to Downton character Cora Levinson Crawley (Elizabeth McGovern), an American heiress who marries British blue blood Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville). Though she was born in Cincinnati, Cora revealed she has an aunt in New York that was still alive in 1914."