Here is a NEW Interview with Sam Heughan from Entertainment Weekly
From EW:
Sam Heughan truly shines in Sunday’s episode of Outlander as his character, Jamie Fraser, swears obedience to the British, begrudgingly fights his former countrymen, and bids farewell to a beloved father figure. Here, the 39-year-old actor talks from Hawaii — where he recently vacationed but ended up having to remain because of self-quarantine — about his final days working alongside the terrific Duncan Lacroix, and why it was important for him to a wear a red coat before going to battle against the Regulators.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This was such an incredible episode for you.
SAM HEUGHAN: Thank you. I was so excited about this episode and nervous too because I just knew what it meant. We knew that we were going to lose Murtagh in this episode, and he’s been such a strong character. And for Jamie, he’s the link to Jamie’s past in Scotland. He’s really his father figure, as well. He’s a silent, constant figure, someone that Jamie can rely on who’s been there from the very beginning. And for Jamie to be pitted against him was hard enough, but then to lose him was really traumatic.
Let’s talk about Jamie having to wear the red coat.
It was something that I pushed for last season. I really wanted to see Jamie stand on the opposite side of his godfather. And to be fighting with the people that he’s fought against the whole time? At Culloden, Jamie was fighting for Scotland, fighting for his clan, his family and his freedom. Now he’s completely on the opposite side. I thought it would be quite visually arresting. Also, Jamie is a man of honor, a man of his word. To have to go against everything that he stands for to don this uniform …. last season, Matthew B. Roberts told me that Jamie was going to be on the side of the British by leading this militia, so I posed the question, ‘could Jamie wear a red coat?’ I just thought everything that’s happened in his past from Culloden, to Black Jack Randall, to prison and the red coat really represents everything that Jamie isn’t. I thought it would be interesting to explore what that would do to him if he had to wear one, and what it would look like. We looked into it. Historically, a militia leader wouldn’t have worn a red coat. They had the brocade, obviously, and their hat, and they would wear them to mark them out. But this was more of a power play by Tyrion, wanting to test Jamie’s loyalty. I think it really works.
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Wonderful interview given by Sam. He is an amazing actor and a very humble person. Episode 7 really showed what a great actor he is.
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