They’re the couple that Outlander fans have been obsessed with for 10 years now, and it looks as though Outlander season 7 is set to be another dramatic time for Claire and Jamie Fraser.
Opening up about working with co-star Sam Heughan in an exclusive chat with RadioTimes.com, Caitriona Balfe said of her on-screen husband: “One thing I know is I’ve been so lucky. I couldn’t have asked for a better partner to go through this experience with.
“Sam and I have been such good friends and we always have each other’s back. I think it’s been a really amazing working relationship and that will be a really, really hard thing to say goodbye to.”
When asked for the things she loves the most about working with Heughan, Balfe said: “Just he’s easy and we’ve always had this really easy working relationship.”
Season 7 of Starz’s Outlander gets underway Friday (8/7c), and poor Claire’s situation hasn’t improved much since the last time we saw her. She stands accused of murdering Malva Christie. She’s been rounded up by a bunch of vigilantes and carted off for trial. Even worse, she’s been separated from the one person who might be able to rescue her: James Alexander Macolm MacKenzie Knight in Plaid Armor Fraser.
“It’s never an easy ride for the Frasers, is it?” Caitriona Balfe tells TVLine, chuckling, in the interview above.
Her co-star, Sam Heughan, agrees. “It’s not, no. But if they’re together, they’re going to be OK. But we do start the season when they’re apart. And Claire’s salvation, actually comes from a different form. It may not just be Jamie that saves her.” (Those who’ve read the books, keep mum!)
Season 7 is nearly here. What should readersof the books look forward to?
Diana Gabaldon: One of the things the Outlander production as a whole does really well is battle scenes. We have a certain amount of the [American Revolution’s] Battle of Ticonderoga, the first Battle of Saratoga and a lot of the second Battle of Saratoga, which is the one where Benedict Arnold played a big part. And I absolutely loved the actor playing Benedict Arnold, Rod Hallett. The casting this season has been spectacular. Every character is just right.
Fans are always wondering which books are the basis for each season. What can you tell us about Season 7?
It’s covering An Echo in the Bone [Book 7, published in 2009]and Written in My Own Heart’s Blood [published in 2014].
The show is set to conclude with Season 8. Is there an ending in mind when it comes to Claire and Jamie’s story?
Yes, I have shared the ending scenes with [the creative team]. But as to the actual way that the story [concludes]? No, they don’t know that. [Laughs] But we’ll get there. I don’t write in a straight line, and I don’t work with an outline. This is why it takes me several years to write one of these books — not only the way that I write, which I describe as like playing Tetris in my head, but also just the sheer size and the fact that they are books of a continuing nature.
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