Stevens’ character, Matthew Crawley, had been killed off the show because he wanted to pursue other opportunities and his death allowed Lady Mary to move on in her romantic life.
The image in question was shared by Stevens on Instagram and it is asking fans to take a poll on the mustache ahead of the Downton Abbey movie, but what exactly does that mean?
He later stated that he was often in situations where he felt the need to apologize to people for the way Matthew Crawley was killed off the show, so a return for the character might be welcome, should it make sense.
At the time of the movie announcement, we also learned that the “original principal cast” would be coming back, although I assumed this didn’t include Dan Stevens, who was killed off of the Masterpiece and ITV series years ago, well before the show had wrapped up its run.