Here is a NEW Interview with Sam Heughan from Glamour
From Glamour:
If I’ve learned anything watching Outlander, it’s that I never really know where the show’s going next—and I plowed through the eight-book series it’s based on before the show aired. Catching up with Sam Heughan, who plays Jamie Fraser, confirms studying up on The Fiery Cross hasn’t prepared fans for the dramatic twists throughout Outlander’s fifth season. For the record, Heughan doesn’t mind toying with our emotions.
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Take the aftermath of episode seven’s cliff-hanger. In “The Ballad of Roger Mac,” Jamie’s son-in-law Roger Mackenzie is mistaken for a member of the Regulator militia and hanged. We learn Roger lives in the next episode, but fans who knew that would happen were still devastated. “I loved recently seeing people get so angry that they thought we’d actually killed Roger off,” Heughan says with a laugh. “They were like, ‘You’ve actually killed him? He’s alive in the books! What’ve you done?!’ It’s great that we can still tease and play with their expectations.”
Watching Jamie’s wound fester and rot is bad; watching Claire’s futile attempt to heal him back at Fraser’s Ridge is downright painful. At the episode’s climax, Jamie nearly succumbs to illness caused by his wound. Through the haze of a fever, he asks Claire to touch him. That touch somehow gives him the strength to stay alive. “I knew you were the one thing that could bring me back,” he tells her.
Wonderful interview. Such great writing and direction. Jamie and Claire have a bond that goes deeper than the physical level – their love for each other is very rare indeed – almost magic. From Season 1 right up to Season 5 – that bond they have has got them through some pretty scary events. Three more episodes left!? Already!? I don’t want it to end.
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