

'Cutting and dry': 'Maggie makes me wee out of my eyes', the actor says of working with co-star Dame Maggie Smith Legendary choreographer Fosse directed MacLaine in the 1969 musical Sweet Charity. 'The other day she was teaching me some Bob Fosse - Shirley MacLaine has been teaching me dance moves!' the actor gushed. The 28-year-old opens up in the latest issue of Attitude Magazine, which features the new Downton star bare-chested on the cover.ĭescribing himself as a 'massive fan' of MacLaine, 79, who plays Martha Levinson in Downton, Cullen said he arrived on set 'determined' to spend some time with her. New arrival: Welsh actor Tom Cullen will play Lord Gillingham in the new series of ITV's hit show Downton Abbey screen legend Shirley MacLaine has been teaching him Bob Fosse-inspired dance moves - while Dame Maggie Smith's dry sense of humour makes him 'wee out of my eyes'. His character Lord Gillingham is set to fill the dashing gent-shaped hole left by Matthew Crawley's tragic departure at the end of the last series.Īnd Downton Abbey's newest cast member Tom Cullen certainly seems to be making the most of life on the set of the hit ITV show. 'Shirley MacLaine has been teaching me dance moves!' Downton Abbey's newest cast member Tom Cullen opens up about life on set as he poses on Attitude cover 'The Sun', 'Sun', 'Sun Online' are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited.

Tom and his husband now live in a warehouse conversion.
