Outlander star Caitríona Balfe has shared some very exciting news about the upcoming eighth and final season of the historical drama.
Speaking at the 2023 Austin Television Festival over the weekend, the actress revealed that she will be behind the camera to direct an episode of the new season.
Caitriona Balfe played by Claire Fraser
About her feelings when taking on the new role, she said: “Very excited…so scared!
“In preparation, I did some stuff for the second unit. I’ve done some stuff over the last few months, it’s been exciting,” she said while speaking at the Women of Outlander panel, according to Showbiz Narkomani .
© Starz!/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock Caitriona will direct an episode of season eight
“Everybody is so supportive. It’s a great place to do it, and that’s why I want to do it here because I know it’s a safe place.”
Caitríona, who plays Claire Fraser opposite Sam Heughan’s Jamie Fraser, also revealed what fans can expect from the on-screen couple in the upcoming seventh season, which premieres in June. “There’s a lot going on, a lot of bad things going on, some great things going on,” Nerds and Beyond reported. “But after all, they’re really strong. Jamie as a character is extremely wise this season.
The seventh season arrives on June 16
“During this season, they both matured and their passion never died but grew.”
In May, the 43-year-old star revealed that filming for the new movie would begin in a few months. Speaking on an Irish talk show, Late ProgramShe said, “We’re about to start filming, in a few months, our eighth season, but our seventh season will start airing June 16 on Lionsgate+.”
© Starz The series began airing in 2014.
She also revealed the impact the drama has had on her life since it first aired in 2014. “It changed my life. I started acting very late. I changed careers. career at 30, the age where people say, ‘You didn’t.’ I didn’t, almost, and he gave me everything. He opened a lot of doors for me.” , she explained.
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“This job is exciting. I’ve been working with the same people for ten years, it’s my company, it’s my team. And this character, she’s incredible.
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“I had to do a lot of work and I was very burdened as an actress because of who she was,” she added.
Everything you need to know about Outlander season seven
The new 16-episode series will continue the harrowing events of season six, which sees Claire on trial for the murder of Malva Christie, while Jamie sets out to save her with the help of Young Ian and John Quincy Myers after being rescued from Richard Brown and his men. Watch a clip from the new series below.
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The synopsis continues: “In the seventh season of Outlander, Jamie, Claire, and their family are caught up in the raging labor pains of a fledgling nation as the army enters war and British institutions collapse. before the armed uprising.
© Robert Wilson The eighth season will be the last of the series
“As conflict pulls them from North Carolina into the heart of this struggle for independence, Jamie, Claire, Brianna and Roger face impossible decisions that have the potential to tear their families apart.”
The seventh season continues the events of the sixth series
The film will be split into two parts with the first half premiere on June 16 and the second half in 2024.
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