Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern has admitted to feeling underwhelmed by the show's second series.
The actress, who plays Lady Cora Grantham, said that the ITV period drama wasn't fully equipped to tackle the gravity of WWI.
"There is a slightly different tone to the second season," she explained to LA Times. "It's kind of a taste thing. And the show in the first season was more to my taste than the show in the second season.
"[We had to] deal with this huge elephant. In some ways, Downton Abbey wasn't set up for that."
It has been announced that Shirley MacLaine will portray Lady Grantham's mother in the upcoming third series.
