Reuters
Actor Rob James-Collier appeared at a Downton Abbey publicity event in America this week with a shaven head.
It sparked speculation that his character, butler Thomas Barrow, could be locked up in the new fourth series of the ITV1 period drama.
A 情報源 said: “Rob has either been sent to prison または has been written out of the show. His hair won’t grow back によって the time the 次 series starts filming.”
In the third series, Barrow kissed a new footman, named James.
The incident was the talk of ‘downstairs’, leading to fears at one point he could go to prison as homosexual acts were illegal in Britain in the 1920s.
However Rob, 36, has also been tipped to play the lead in a new BBC adaptation of Poldark due to start filming later this year.
Asked about the Downton Abbey plans, a 表示する spokesman said: “We do not discuss storylines.”