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Production shots from The Ballad of Hattie and James (2024).

(📷: Mark Senior)

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#5 charles edwards for @queenmeriadoc 💛(the vines are next to him)

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Charles Edwards in The Ballad of Hattie and James (2024) at the Kiln Theatre.

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*b o o p*

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Charles Edwards in rehearsals for The Ballad of Hattie and James (2024).

(📷: Mark Senior)

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Charlie Edwards photographed at The Rings of Power Season 1 premiere in LA, 2022.

(📷: johnnymetevents)

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HUGE CASTING NEWS

Charles Edwards is about to step back onto the stage to play James in the new production, The Ballad of Hattie & James at the Kiln Theatre.

This is only on for a limited run, 11th April-18th May.

Tickets are on sale now friends! Go go gooooo!

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Dr Alexander McDonald - First Shot a Winner, Lads

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When I say I am checking every day for a new Charlie project.

I am literally checking every day for a new Charlie project

Sure we have UTV 3 and TROP 2.

But they won't be till the second half of the year at best.

I'm sorry guys, I've got nothing.

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2024 marks 10 years since Charlie Edwards stepped onto the Gielgud stage as Charles Condomine in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, dir. Michael Blakemore.

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2nd December 2023: Rebecca Gibney and Charlie - the bromance we deserve.

(📷: @rebeccagibney_ on Instagram)

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HOW TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE WOMAN YOU THOUGHT HATED YOUR GUTS - BENEDICK, AT SOME POINT, PROBABLY

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Quashing this Michael Gregson/Downton Season 4 rumour once and for all (hopefully).

I've seen this going round for a while, that because of Charles and his busy schedule, Gregson got killed off and never made it past season 3.

Here’s the rumour taken from a Screenrant article:

Two words. Citation needed.

Where did this come from? Who said this? Fellowes? Production?

Charles?

Certainly not.

Under the cut is my theory (only a theory, but based on evidence I have gathered) as to the real reason why we got no Gregson after s3.

The biggest red flag to me is that Charles himself has stated that he was actually very keen to come back, saying,

"I’d have liked to have married Lady Edith, of course I would. It was denied me. I don’t know why.” - interview from OfficialLondonTheatre.com

I don't know why.

Now if the rumour was true, you would think Charles would have said something like, "I would’ve liked to have married Edith, but due to my other work commitments, I could not fulfill this wish," instead?

Granted, during season 4 filming, he was doing a stage job at the West End (a few Downton allumni, inc Joanne Froggatt, went to see him during its run), so maybe the rumour started based on the fact he already had a job so couldn’t have fit Downton in, right?

Not necessarily.

Did you know, that during season 3 filming, Charles was actually doing two acting jobs? Yes. Downton during the day, then a National Theatre production in the evening. His play opened on 23rd Feb 2013, then the day after, he was spotted filming in St Pancras station with Laura Carmichael. So it is entirely possible that he could have fitted in season 4 filming alongside a stage job if he had to.

But but but, I hear you cry, Charles would have had to take some time off from his play to do Downton? He could have done that yes; actors have been known to break off a theatre run for other projects, but nope. He made it to every single performance. The theatre would have announced if he had to leave for a period due to other acting commitments, but never did. So 🤷‍♀️

I'm going to add Fellowes could have also gone, "Right Charles, we're signing you up for season 4," and if he had already accepted the stage job, could've cancelled and done Downton as top priority (Charles did once have to forfeit a stage role for a TV role due to a scheduling clash - in 2022 he was signed up to do Best of Enemies at the West End, but Rings of Power was a much bigger commitment than preciously predicted, and due to a plethora of reasons, filming ROP AND perfoming BOE would have been an impossible feat).

So in conclusion, it wasn't Charles's fault we got no more Gregson. It was Fellowes's doing; he didn't want him back. Or did, but couldn’t think of how to bring him back.

TL;DR: Charles wanted to come back and could have fitted season 4 into his schedule, but Fellowes didn't ask him to return.

Also I'll add in my sources later, I'm just tired to fit them all in rn lmao

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(📷: Matt Grace/Prime Video)

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25th October 2023: some blursed content from the Under the Vines 3 set. Proceed carefully.

(📽: @rebeccagibney_ via Instagram)

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5th October 2023: Charlie and Rebecca Gibney on set of Under the Vines Season 3

(📷: George Cassells)

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Charles Edwards 2023 Headshots (📷: YellowBelly)