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‘Downton Abbey’ Star Penelope Wilton Joins Jim Broadbent In ‘Harold Fry’; Pre-Sales Close For UK, Germany, Spain, Aus/NZ, More — Cannes Market

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EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel star Penelope Wilton is joining Oscar winner Jim Broadbent (Iris) in Hettie Macdonald’s (Normal People) upcoming feature The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.Wilton will play Maureen, the wife who is left bereft and bewildered when Harold doesn’t come home one day.

The Duke and Lady In The Van star Broadbent will play the eponymous Harold, an ordinary man who has passed through life living on the side lines, until he goes to post a letter one day…and just keeps walking.The character embarks on a 450-mile walk across the UK in the simple belief that his journey will save the life of his old friend Queenie who is dying in a hospice.

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