DOWNTON Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay has landed a leading role in the new Frankenstein film.

    The actress, who played Lady Sybil Crawley in the period drama, will star alongside Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy in the upcoming movie.

    James will play monster-maker Victor Frankenstein in the flick, while Daniel will star as his hunchbacked assistant Igor.

    Co-stars ... Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy

    Jessica, 23, has nabbed the part of a trapeze artist who is saved by Igor after an accident before the pair become close.

    Paul McGuigan is directing the movie, which will see Mary Shelley's horror classic retold from Igor's perspective.

    Jessica left Downton last year when her character Lady Sybil died in childbirth.

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