Thank you Katie for all the updates and photos from all the Outlander crew especially the throw back photos of our dear Sam! When he is standing with those two girls in the first shot he may have been at the Green Welly! That’s a chain of stores throughout England and Scotland that is a restaurant and sells nearly everything else! He mentions that he stopped at one in his book! I visited one when I was in Scotland! It really is an unusual place! Thanks for sharing!🤍💙🙏🏻
**Spoiler Alert** Katie, I think Caitriona Balfe was wise not to allow her sister to give her the 411 on Claire Fraser's story arc. It may have scared her off to know that Claire survives horrific multiple rapes at the end of Season 5. I'll never forget the feeling of being both horrified and traumatized at seeing the scenes Sam Heughan had to film with Tobias Menzies at the end of Season 1. I am able to rewatch those last two episodes of Season 1 ONLY because I know it is simply make-believe and a display of stellar acting by two incredible actors. I've read other people who comment that whenever they rewatch Outlander Season 1, they cannot bear to watch the last two episodes and see Jaime Fraser tortured and raped to his breaking point. It was also sad to hear Sam recall many years later in his memoir that he personally felt violated by the producers (I guess Ron Moore, Matthew Roberts and Maril Davis) for allowing the filming to drift into extremely graphic territory with male frontal nudity. Tobias seemed more comfortable with pushing the envelope, but I felt so sorry hearing Sam reveal how those powerful scenes were quite difficult to film and extremely hard to shake from his psyche. I remember hearing Ron Moore and Matthew Roberts reveal on the official Outlander podcast that they were shocked that Diana Gabaldon would actually allow her beloved hero to be subjected to such brutal violence, and they felt compelled to be true to Diana's vision for the character. In contrast, I was pleased (and grateful) that Claire Fraser's rape at the hands of the Brownsville men was stylized with less graphic rape imagery and more about how Claire allowed her mind to drift off into a fantasy world where she conjured images of her beloved family to remove herself from what those evil men were doing to her body. I really loved how they filmed those scenes, and I still catch details that I missed from my initial viewing of that episode. I feel the same way about how Sophie Skelton filmed her brutal rape scene of Bree at the hands of Stephen Bonnet. I can only suspect that Harvey Weinstein and the # Me Too Movement affected the way in which Hollywood approached the depiction and filming of rape. I appreciate this change, because I find no value in watching such a crime being committed. It was much more interesting to watch how Claire went to her "happy place" to protect and insulate her mind from the brutality that her poor body was suffering.
@janmason9425 Me, too...but please don't put the cart before the horse. We still have Season 7B to enjoy starting in November! I'm counting the days...😊😉👍
Thank you Katie for all the updates and photos from all the Outlander crew especially the throw back photos of our dear Sam!
When he is standing with those two girls in the first shot he may have been at the Green Welly! That’s a chain of stores throughout England and Scotland that is a restaurant and sells nearly everything else! He mentions that he stopped at one in his book! I visited one when I was in Scotland! It really is an unusual place! Thanks for sharing!🤍💙🙏🏻
Hallo, Katie
du hast uns wieder den Tag mit tollen Neuigkeiten gerettet .
Gute Arbeit , perfekt .
I so agree, Katie, living in the moment, for an actor, translates to a better performance! You can apply that to real life as well!
Thanks for the new pieces. Good luck with car. See you in November.
Thanks so much! See you then!
Hello from Indiana, Katie!
Hello from Indiana, right back at ya!
**Spoiler Alert** Katie, I think Caitriona Balfe was wise not to allow her sister to give her the 411 on Claire Fraser's story arc. It may have scared her off to know that Claire survives horrific multiple rapes at the end of Season 5. I'll never forget the feeling of being both horrified and traumatized at seeing the scenes Sam Heughan had to film with Tobias Menzies at the end of Season 1. I am able to rewatch those last two episodes of Season 1 ONLY because I know it is simply make-believe and a display of stellar acting by two incredible actors. I've read other people who comment that whenever they rewatch Outlander Season 1, they cannot bear to watch the last two episodes and see Jaime Fraser tortured and raped to his breaking point. It was also sad to hear Sam recall many years later in his memoir that he personally felt violated by the producers (I guess Ron Moore, Matthew Roberts and Maril Davis) for allowing the filming to drift into extremely graphic territory with male frontal nudity. Tobias seemed more comfortable with pushing the envelope, but I felt so sorry hearing Sam reveal how those powerful scenes were quite difficult to film and extremely hard to shake from his psyche. I remember hearing Ron Moore and Matthew Roberts reveal on the official Outlander podcast that they were shocked that Diana Gabaldon would actually allow her beloved hero to be subjected to such brutal violence, and they felt compelled to be true to Diana's vision for the character. In contrast, I was pleased (and grateful) that Claire Fraser's rape at the hands of the Brownsville men was stylized with less graphic rape imagery and more about how Claire allowed her mind to drift off into a fantasy world where she conjured images of her beloved family to remove herself from what those evil men were doing to her body. I really loved how they filmed those scenes, and I still catch details that I missed from my initial viewing of that episode. I feel the same way about how Sophie Skelton filmed her brutal rape scene of Bree at the hands of Stephen Bonnet. I can only suspect that Harvey Weinstein and the # Me Too Movement affected the way in which Hollywood approached the depiction and filming of rape. I appreciate this change, because I find no value in watching such a crime being committed. It was much more interesting to watch how Claire went to her "happy place" to protect and insulate her mind from the brutality that her poor body was suffering.
I am already sad for season 8.
@janmason9425 Me, too...but please don't put the cart before the horse. We still have Season 7B to enjoy starting in November! I'm counting the days...😊😉👍