ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
- Forward of the season 6 premiere of Outlander, it was revealed {that a} prequel was within the works.
- The primary growth of the Outlander universe will likely be primarily based on Sam Heughan’s Jamie Fraser’s mother and father.
- Heughan admits that because the universe expands, he can “completely see” it “with out me.”
Sam Heughan landed the career-making function of Jamie Fraser on Outlander almost a decade in the past. The coveted half sparked a transition for Heughan from struggling unknown actor to world-famous TV star. And on the similar time, the time-traveling fantasy drama grew to become a worldwide hit for Starz.
The premium cabler now has plans to broaden the Outlander universe with a prequel primarily based on the large literary world that Diana Gabaldon has created over the previous 30 years. In response to Heughan, there may be a lot supply materials to tug from that he can “completely” see Outlander “with out me.”
Sam Heughan is aware of how ‘Outlander’ ends
Throughout a latest interview with The Instances, Heughan revealed that Gabaldon has shared with him how the primary Outlander novel collection — the story of Jamie and Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) — ends.
Gabaldon has mentioned that she’s identified the ending for years. However she simply began writing the tenth and ultimate e book within the collection final yr. As followers know, every season of Outlander is loosely primarily based on the corresponding e book. With some occasional switches for TV storytelling functions. Presently, they’re in season 6, which is predicated on the sixth e book A Breath of Snow and Ashes.
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If the one e book per season mannequin continues, that will imply a complete of 10 seasons of Outlander earlier than the collection involves an finish.
“I understand how it ends, Diana has advised me, however we nonetheless have an extended strategy to go earlier than we get to that,” Heughan mentioned.
With the announcement of the prequel, Heughan admits, ‘I can completely see’ it ‘with out me’
The Scot famous that Gabaldon “has so many different books” just like the Lord John Gray collection. It’s additionally been revealed that the writer is writing an Outlander prequel about Jamie’s mother and father Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser.
With the Outlander literary universe being so massive, Heughan says it’s straightforward to see it with out him and Jamie being part of the increasing TV universe.
“I can completely see Outlander with out me,” Heughan mentioned. “Diana Gabaldon has this entire world in her head, and the way she ties up all these unfastened ends I don’t know.”
Heughan additionally famous that in season 6, they’ll begin to concentrate on different characters apart from the primary couple. And that may proceed in future seasons.
Sam Heughan praises the ‘Outlander’ impact
Heughan mentioned, “This season we do begin to pull on extra of what’s happening in, dare I say, different components of time. We’re actually beginning to see these different tales, loads of the opposite characters have their very own storylines. This season, and positively subsequent season, we’re going to see much more of that coming into play.”
The actor then praised the Outlander fan base for making the present so successful and skyrocketing the careers of all of the actors concerned. However the Outlander impact hasn’t simply been constructive for the collection’ stars. It’s additionally been nice for Scotland.
“There’s a purpose why all these productions are actually coming to Scotland. It’s as a result of we’ve got helped construct up and practice sensible crews and have actually invested in infrastructure,” Heughan mentioned, including that he’s “proud” of how far Outlander has come.
New episodes of Outlander air Sunday nights on Starz.
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