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Downton Abbey's Robert James-Collier "Not Able To Sleep" Over Upcoming Gay Storyline

As conniving under-butler Thomas Barrow, Rob James-Collier has been our gay entrypoint into the rarified world of Downton Abbey. But that might change when the show returns in January.

Thomas will not only question his sexuality in Season 5, reports the Daily Mail, but try to change it.  (We guess some things don't change in 90 years.)

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"It’s quite a harrowing storyline and I hope it is. Because if it isn’t, I haven’t done it justice," says James-Collier, 37. "There are mornings of those scenes when you haven’t been able to sleep at night because you are so worried about how it will go. Thomas comes right up to the abyss."

Below, watch the trailer for Downton Abbey Season 5.

Downton Abbey returns January 4, 2015 on PBS 

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