Dan Stevens Talks 'Summer in February' & Mother's Day in Britain

Dan Stevens (Mr Matthew Crawley), makes my heart go pitter patter has written another of his regular contributions to The Telegraph's: My Week feature. In it he discusses his new project, Summer in February. It wrapped filming this week and became the first ever feature to be allowed to film in the courtyard of the Royal Academy of Arts. He ends the feature by discussing Mother's Day in Britain, revealing his two year old daughter's reaction to buying a Mother's Day card for her Mummy. She is hilariously adorable!

It shouldn’t surprise you to learn that it’s Mother’s Day in Britain today. If it does, I’m sure the petrol station is still open. I can’t really remember a time when I didn’t know what a surprise was, but as we walked down to choose a card it occurred to me that my two year-old hasn’t quite grasped the concept yet. “We’re buying a card for Mummy,” I say, “Which one shall we get?”

“That one.”

“The pink one?”
“Yes.”
“Of course. But it’s a surprise. So we mustn’t say anything, OK?” “OK.” Stepping through the front door with all the enthusiasm of Christmas, she hollers: “Mummy mummy! We bought you a card! It’s a surprise!”

Read the complete article at The Telegraph by clicking here.