Jun 4, 2013 06:29 PM ET
by Nicholas White

Downton Abbey could be getting a little more rock 'n' roll.

The Rolling Stones, according to a report in the UK's Guardian, could appear on an episode of Downton Abbey if one star gets his wish, an unnamed source tells the newspaper.

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Downton's Hugh Bonneville, aka the Earl of Grantham, is friends with the Stones' Ronnie Wood through charity work and would love to have the band members on for walk-on roles. "Obviously they wouldn't play themselves, but they could be a rag-tag bunch of travelling entertainers or even a circus act," the source says. "It would be such a coup, and fun for the Stones. They really are huge fans of the show."

And although there's no word (yet) if the Stones are interested in going period, they're huge fans of the show. Laura Carmichael, who plays the lovelorn Lady Edith, says: "Apparently they were stopping rehearsals on Sunday nights in time to get back to watch it ... When Sybil passed away, Mick [Jagger] said to Ronnie [Wood], 'Sad to hear about the girl.' Ronnie replied, 'I haven't seen it yet — I recorded it.'"

Would you like to see the Rolling Stones visit the Crawleys & Co.? What roles should they play?

Thats a lot of ifs and buts.

Cant imagine an award-winning show of credible actors like that relying on cheap gimmicks like this. Two of them dont even have any acting experience. This rent a celebrity cameo nonsense is like something you'd have expected years ago in 'The Colbys'.

So its all based on an 'unnamed source' on the premise that Hugh Bonneville is a chum of Ronnie's?   

Sounds even more daft a rumour than the one about ten years ago that the Stones were all going to appear in gangster roles in The Sopranos.