Television’s most popular Yorkshire estate is about to receive another high profile visitor: Paul Giamatti has been cast to appear in the Season 4 finale of “Downton Abbey,” according to a statement released by Carnival Films, ITV and “Masterpiece” on PBS on Monday. The statement describes Mr. Giamatti’s character Harold as the “maverick, playboy brother” to Elizabeth McGovern’s Cora and predicted that the character, along with Shirley MacLaine’s Martha, will “upset the Grantham’s apple cart.” Mr. Giamatti has appeared on the small screen a number of times over the course of his career and he won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his portrayal of the title role in the HBO mini-series...
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