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| Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes may have hinted at an end to the hit costume drama – but it looks like at least one of its stars already has an exit strategy. Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary, has shown she can tackle comedy by appearing in a spoof trailer for a Law & Order-style cop show called Tough Justice. The actor, whose Lady Mary character is known for being straight-laced and demure, totes a gun, takes semen samples and slaps her detective partner, played by The Shield hard man Michael Chiklis. There's some great gags as Detective Connie Tough pulls on long gloves at a crime scene and asks Carson to bring the car around. When told a maid has died, she tells Chiklis: "Well, I suppose they'll have to get another maid. Case closed." Comedy website Funny or Die made the spoof – narrated by Mad Men's Jon Hamm – to tie in with the launch of Downton season four in the US. Can we expect explosive action in series five? Dockery certainly appears to have got a taste for action – she also appears as an air marshal in the thriller Non-Stop with Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore, released in the US next month. | Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes may have hinted at an end to the hit costume drama – but it looks like at least one of its stars already has an exit strategy. Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary, has shown she can tackle comedy by appearing in a spoof trailer for a Law & Order-style cop show called Tough Justice. The actor, whose Lady Mary character is known for being straight-laced and demure, totes a gun, takes semen samples and slaps her detective partner, played by The Shield hard man Michael Chiklis. There's some great gags as Detective Connie Tough pulls on long gloves at a crime scene and asks Carson to bring the car around. When told a maid has died, she tells Chiklis: "Well, I suppose they'll have to get another maid. Case closed." Comedy website Funny or Die made the spoof – narrated by Mad Men's Jon Hamm – to tie in with the launch of Downton season four in the US. Can we expect explosive action in series five? Dockery certainly appears to have got a taste for action – she also appears as an air marshal in the thriller Non-Stop with Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore, released in the US next month. |
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