With all the success and popularity of Downton Abbey, it’s hard to believe Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton nearly passed on the series.
The success of Downton is just one in a number of dramatic events in Eaton’s 28-year career. In a recent interview with Canadian magazine Maclean’s, Eaton also dishes about her process for choosing the best in British drama, editing the episodes from 2 hours to their 90-minute timeslot on PBS, and the lot of British actors making to Hollywood.
Read the entire article here, and read more about the ups and downs of Masterpiece in Rebecca Eaton’s new memoir Making Masterpiece.
And, it’s Sunday, which means only two weeks until the Downton Abbey, Season 4 premiere!
