United Kingdom, Oct. 3 -- Hugh Bonneville's life changed overnight when his brother died "suddenly" in his sleep.

The Downton Abbey star was left devastated by the loss of his sibling Nigel Bonneville in 2017 and the 61-year-old actor has revealed the tragedy forced him to confront his own mortality so he decided to embrace life by buying the car he'd always dreamed of owning.

He told The Independent newspaper: "My brother died suddenly in his sleep and so the next day, I went and bought the soft top convertible I'd always wanted.

"I planted the copper beech tree I'd been meaning to plant for 20 years. Because it made me realise just how utterly . what's the word, roulette?

"How much of a roulette life is."

Bonneville sold the car a ...