She shot to fame as the aristocratic Lady Mary Crawley in ITV period drama Downtown Abbey.
But Michelle Dockery well and truly shook off the character’s stiff reserve as she reprised the role of con-artist, thief and former drug addict Letty Raines in Good Behavior.
The actress, 35, showed fans a whole new side to her as she stripped for an X-rated sex scene with actor Juan Diego Botto in the second season of the crime thriller.
Transformation: Michelle Dockery shook off the stiff reserve of her Downtown Abbey character as she reprised the role of con-artist, thief and former drug addict Letty Raines in Good Behavior
The brunette beauty stole the show as she stripped off for the opening scene of the first episode.
She’s seen in the throes of passion as she romps with her hitman boyfriend Javier against a wall.
Bu the steamy session is cut short when they are interrupted by a phone call from school about Letty’s son Jacob.
Their romp proves all is well and truly forgiven between Letty and Javier – who was almost captured by the FBI thanks to her.
Steamy: The actress, 35, showed fans a whole new side to her as she stripped for an X-rated sex scene with actor Juan Diego Botto in the second season of the crime thriller
Racy: The brunette beauty stole the show as she stripped off for the opening scene of the first episode
Oh dear: Bu the steamy session is cut short when they are interrupted by a phone call from school about Letty’s son Jacob
In the TNT show’s second season, Michelle’s character Letty is out of jail but will quickly revert back to her thieving conwoman ways.
Discussing her anti-hero role, the British beauty said that people identify with the fact that Letty is ‘nowhere near perfect’.
‘I think people identify with her,’ she told Parade.
‘In some way, we’re all driven to be the best version of ourselves, and the fact that she’s a con artist, a thief, and an ex-drug addict, it’s just the size of things, really.
Romp: She’s seen in the throes of passion as she romps with her hitman boyfriend Javier against a wall
Bad girl: In the TNT show’s second season, Michelle’s character Letty is out of jail but will quickly revert back to her thieving conwoman ways
Water under the bridge: Their romp proves all is well and truly forgiven between Letty and Javier – who was almost captured by the FBI thanks to her
‘It’s simply the the human part of her, but she’s just trying to better herself, and she’s flawed. She’s nowhere near perfect, so I think people identify with her, in the same way that they do with Javier.’
Dockery added that she was ‘cautious’ about choosing a role so obviously far removed from her Downtown Abbey character.
‘I never had the intention of doing something so vastly different,’ she admitted to the Sunday Morning Herald.
Flawed: Discussing her anti-hero role, Michelle said audiences can identify with the fact that Letty is ‘nowhere near perfect’
Honest: ‘In some way, we’re all driven to be the best version of ourselves, and the fact that she’s a con artist, a thief, and an ex-drug addict, it’s just the size of things, really’ she said
Anti-hero: She added: ‘She’s nowhere near perfect, so I think people identify with her, in the same way that they do with Javier’
Powerful: Michelle plays con-artist Letty Raines in the American drama based on the novella series by Blake Crouch. The 10-episode first series premiered on November 15, 2016
‘I never think that’s a good way to carve out a career, but Letty just came out of nowhere really when I was finishing off and the script appeared.
‘It was more the opposite: I was cautious about doing something so different when people had obviously known me for Mary. I didn’t want it to appear that I was doing this just for the sake of it.’
And Michelle could soon be revisiting the aristocratic character that made her famous.
Worlds apart: Dockery admitted she was ‘cautious’ about choosing a role so obviously far removed from her Downtown Abbey character
Film version? And Michelle could soon be revisiting the aristocratic character that made her famous as rumours swirl of a film version of Downton Abbey (pictured with former co-star Laura Carmichael)
The film version of Downton Abbey was reportedly greenlit back in May with production slated to begin in September.
A source told The Sun newspaper: ‘Film bosses have requested the services of crew members and accountants to work on the picture.
‘A budget has been set and now it’s a case of getting everything in place to start shooting. It would take something big to stop the project from happening now.’
Discussing the secrecy surrounding the project, Downton creator Julian Fellowes, quipped: ‘There is a film script which we’ve all been sent but then it disappeared Mission Impossible style from our emails.’
Rumour has it: Sources claimed: ‘Film bosses have requested the services of crew members and accountants to work on the picture’