Rumors have surrounded the departure of star Dan Stevens, who plays resident heartthrob Matthew Crawley.

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Stevens, who plays aristocrat Matthew Crawley in the ITV period drama, will appear in The Heiress from October.

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She will play Martha Levinson, the American mother of Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, who visits Britain in 1920 to attend the wedding of her granddaughter, Lady Mary, to Matthew Crawley.

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The end had come for heartthrob Matthew Crawley.

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