Heartbroken Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery says she considers herself a widow – two years after her fiance died of cancer.
‘I’ve never been more committed to anything in my life than to him,’ she revealed in an interview yesterday.
‘I don’t have the vocabulary to describe what it felt like and what it still feels like. I refer to myself as a widow, yes. We were engaged, and married at heart, and so I do consider myself a widow.’
Dockery, 35, and John Dineen, an Irish public relations director, were engaged for a year before he died aged 34.
Michelle Dockery pictured with then boyfriend John Dineen strolling on Saint Mark Square in Venice
Michelle Dockery and John Dineen pictured at the Winter Whites Centrepoint Gala at Kensington Palace in London in 2013
Michelle Dockery and John Dineen pictured out and about in New York in 2013. The Downton Abbey star still grieves the lost of her fiancee who died of cancer two years ago
To add to her grief as he battled the disease, Dockery’s character in Downton, Lady Mary Crawley, also lost her husband.
‘One of the difficult things at the time was the parallels with Mary,’ said the actress.
‘It was just baffling, and still is to me, that my character’s storyline was so similar.’
During her interview with the Guardian, Dockery also recalled meeting disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein several years ago, saying: ‘I remember feeling uncomfortable.’
She said she was not surprised by the sexual misconduct allegations.
Despite the fact Dockery said she felt ‘very excited’ about leaving the show and moving on during an interview with the Telegraph last year, she may soon be portraying Lady Mary once more.
Michelle Dockery and John Dineen pictured arriving at Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London
John Dineen and Michelle Dockery pictured at the Winter Whites Centrepoint Gala at Kensington Palace in London in 2013
Months after the rumours first started swirling, Julian Fellowes’ big screen adaptation of his popular ITV series has finally been given the all-important green light.
The TV mogul, 67, has reportedly teamed up with Carnival Films, with production slated to begin in September.
During an exhibition for the show in Singapore this summer, Michael Edelstein, president at NBC Universal International Studios, said: ‘There’s a movie in the works. It’s been in the works for some time.
‘We are working on getting the script right, and then we’ve got to figure out how to get the (cast) together.’