The makers of Downton Abbey have revealed six new characters for the coming series, including a world-famous opera singer, a sharp-witted schoolfriend of the Dowager Countess and a dashing aristocrat to befriend the grieving Lady Mary.
唐頓莊園的制作人最新公布了將會在新一季中出現(xiàn)的六位角色，包括一位世界級的歌劇演唱家，一位時髦的貴族紳士，他同時還是唐頓老太太的好朋友，并將幫助大小姐Lady Mary走出悲痛。

Two handsome young aristocrats will pay a visit to the stately home during series four, The Daily Telegraph can disclose, with producers dropping strong hints that one will attempt to mend Lady Mary’s broken heart.
第四季中，兩位帥氣的年輕貴族紳士將會拜訪唐頓莊園。《每日電訊》已收到制作人強烈的暗示，現(xiàn)在可以透露說，其中有一位紳士將會撫慰我們大小姐那顆受傷的心。

(圖右為湯姆-庫倫)

Played by Tom Cullen and Julian Ovenden, the visitors are among a host of new characters. Filming began this week and rejoins the family six months after the funeral of Matthew Crawley. It will see his young widow struggling to come to terms with bringing up their baby son alone, as friends and family rally to lift her spirits.
新加入的兩位紳士分別由湯姆-庫倫和朱利安-歐文登出演。新一季的唐頓莊園將會于本周開拍，從大表哥馬修葬禮后的半年開始故事。新一季講述大小姐年紀輕輕守寡，還要艱難地撫養(yǎng)他們的獨子，家人朋友都在不斷地想辦法讓大小姐能重新振作起來。

Cullen, 27, who was named most promising newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards in 2011, will play Lord Gillingham, an old family friend whose appearance could raise a smile from the face of the cynical Lady Mary.
27歲的湯姆-庫倫曾在2011年獲得英國獨立電影獎最有前途新人獎。此次，他將出演Gillingham爵士，唐頓莊園一家的老朋友。他的出現(xiàn)將會使大小姐重展笑顏。