First I want to stop and acknowledge the brilliant casting team for Outlander: Suzanne Smith, Simone Pereira Hind, and their teams. Casting is a critical, if not the critical step in determining whether a show will be exceptional or marginal. The casting on Outlander is and has been a slam dunk, across the board! And […]
William Ransom Has Been Cast! Who Is Charles Vandervaart?
Cover photo: Charles in a recent interview with Brief Take We’ve been waiting a long time to meet William Ransom, and he’s finally been cast, and appears to be already in filming for Season 7! I wonder if Charles knows, just how much his life is about to change…? Charles Vandervaart is a Canadian actor […]
Who Will Play William in Season 7?
Cover photo: Jamie saves Baby Willie’s life in Episode 304, Of Lost Things, Starz It’s a good time to be an Outlander fan. We got spectacular Bees in November, Season 6 is fabulous, (be sure and catch our BTS Season 6 Episode Discussions if you haven’t already), and now Season 7 filming is underway! I […]
OutlanderBTS What’s New – S6 Cast Videos, S7, Cast News, Predictions, Bees, etc.
Photo: Starz, Outlander, Season 6, it’s coming! This article contains SPOILERS for A Breath of Snow and Ashes and possibly for Season 6! Do ye be warned! Starz has treated us with lots of wee videos over the last month, leading up to the Season 6 premiere, in just under ONE MONTH!! Can you believe […]
Happy Thanksgiving! A Closer Look at S6 Opening Credits Released Today
Photo: Jamie and Claire, Season 6, Starz Happy Thanksgiving all. We have much to be thankful for in the Outlander world, a new book, and Season 6 coming…. Today Starz released the opening credits for Season 6. There are several interesting things to note… the song starts out with “a lad that is gone” vs […]
Happy World Outlander Day!
Here’s a lovely wee video, just dropped by Starz, for tomorrow, where I am, June 1st, which is World Outlander Day. A few questions answered here – Maria Doyle Kennedy is definitely in Season 6, (hence, probably the gold storyline), and David Berry has returned as well! This makes me excited for Season 6 – […]
Jack Holden, On Playing Hector Dalrymple, and LJG Spin Off
I’ve honestly wanted to interview Jack since he was first cast, back in 2016, as Hector Dalrymple, during Season 3 filming. I did a piece on him then, OutlanderBTS Casting News: More on Jack Holden, playing Hector… Lord John Grey’s First Love, and after doing research for that article, I remember thinking, “What a talented […]
Alexander Vlahos is Our Season 6 Allan Christie!
Cover photo: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images We welcomed him aboard a while back, but now we have confirmation! Another Welshman, (that’s 3 now – Kyle Rees, Mark Lewis Jones, and now Alex), Alexander Vlahos is playing Allan Christie! You’ll maybe know him from his role as Philippe, Duke of Orléans, in the television series Versailles. Alex Vlahos […]
Meet Tom Christie! Mark Lewis Jones
You’ll likely recognize Season 6 Tom Christie from The Crown – he played Edward Millward (‘Tedi’), the Welsh Nationalist and Aberystwyth University language professor, who tutors Prince Charles and takes him under his wing, developing a compassion for his station and teaching him to deliver his speech to the people in Welsh. “His other roles […]