Downton Abbey's Stars React to Series’ End

Warning: This article contains very minor spoilers for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale .

It’s been 15 years since Downton Abbey first strutted onto TV screens.

And with six seasons and now three movies — Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale now in theaters—the franchise has cemented itself as a beloved corner of the industry, one that is proving hard for both fans and its stars to say goodbye to.

As Joanne Froggatt (who has played Anna Bates from the beginning) told E! News in an exclusive interview , “You know, who gets to do this? As actors, it's so rare that you get to return and work together—and for 15 years, that is so incredibly rare.”

It’s part of why she—as well as costars Hugh Bonneville (Robert Crawley) and Allen Leech (Tom Branson), who joined her in the inte