Match and despatch in Downton
In an interview about the programme, which stars Hugh Bonneville and Dame Maggie Smith, the 29-year-old says devotees to the show will be “really surprised” by the plots.
The ITV show – which follows the Crawley family as Britain heads into the First World War – became a runaway success during its first series.
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Hide AdOn the latest series, Dockery, who plays Lady Mary, said: “There’s a wedding, a funeral and a sex scene. I’m in two, no wait, I’m in one of those,”
“The thing is, I can see people will think that I am involved in a particular one of those three, but I’m not. People will be really surprised.”
Dockery said the scandal that haunted her character in the first series would rear its head again.