'Downton Abbey' Season 5 Spoilers, Cast Rumors: Richard Grant Joining Cast, Has Lady Mary Chosen a Suitor?

Many are antsy over the new season of "Downton Abbey" which is being filmed right now in the U.K.

The new season will feature Richard E. Grant as an Art Historian named Simon Bricker. It also will feature Rade Serbedzija, who will play a Russian refugee that is staying with the Crowleys because of the Russian Revolution.

The biggest surprise may be Lady Mary finding love with one of her suitors. Will the Crowley heir find her match in the new season?

Richard E. Grant tweeted recently that he was enthusiastic about being chosen for a role in "Downton Abbey:" "First day on 'Downton Abbey' duty. I was downstairs in Gosford Park. Have been promoted upstairs. Progress? Will wait and see." The 'upstairs' section is the domain of Lords and Ladies, as opposed to the downstairs which is usually populated by servants.

The Russian revolution will send a refugee named Kuragin to England to be a character in the coming season. Sources say this character fled Russia after the violent revolution at the end of WWI.

And of course there is Lady Mary, who was widowed and has been given multiple chances to spark up romance with eligible bachelors. But it looks like we may be seeing the elegant Crowley picking a suitor in the coming season.

Is the lucky gentleman none other than her childhood friend Lord Gillingham? Pictures taken on the set of the English Period Drama depict Mary, played by Michelle Dockery, embracing Tom Cullen, who plays Anthony Gillingham.

While this doesn't necessarily mean the two are in it for the long hall, it seems likely that at least some romance is kindling between the two.