LOS ANGELES, March 13 (UPI) -- British actress Lily James says she doesn't think she would have landed the lead in the live-action version of Cinderella if it wasn't for her past portrayal of Lady Rose on TV's Downton Abbey.
"I think it just has changed everything in a way," James told reporters in Los Angeles about her time on the small-screen costume drama. "Not in ways that people would expect, of like lifestyle or being recognized, because I'm quite anonymous from that show. I don't really get [recognized,] especially not in England. But it's changed my life in that I really, really don't think I would've got Cinderella if it hadn't been for Downton. I think that show enabled me to be seen for more. And that's what you really want, as an actor, to be able to be seen for stuff. And it gives you that kind of profile that you can be. And, so, I'm so grateful."