‘Outlander’ Creators Talk Season 7 Highlights and Reveal Why They Had to Make a Big Change to Jamie & Claire’s Reunion Love Scene

The penultimate play of “Outlander” was 16 episodes agelong and divided into 2 parts. The 2nd half recovered Jamie (Sam Heughan) presumed dead, past backmost from nan dead, Claire re-married, and past Claire (Caitríona Balfe) connected nan brink of death. The signature love, heartbreak, and reunions filled these past 8 episodes, starring to a shocking play finale revelation that deviated distant from nan book series.

IndieWire sat down pinch nan imaginative squad down “Outlander” to talk nan highlights and challenges successful bringing Diana Gabaldon’s book bid to life for nan 2nd half of Season 7. Executive Producers Maril Davis and Matthew B. Roberts, Production Designer Mike Gunn and Costume Designer Trisha Biggar shared their favourite moments from this season, explained why Balfe and Heughan’s chemistry is nan glue that holds their show together, and besides teased what to expect successful nan eighth and last season. Watch nan afloat sheet chat to find retired why Jamie and Claire’s large reunion emotion segment had to beryllium changed from nan book.

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Davis kicked it disconnected by sharing that her favourite segment was nan very past segment successful nan play finale episode, “A Hundred Thousand Angels.” Claire hears Fanny singing, “I Do Like to Sit Beside nan Seaside,” and realizes that Faith, her girl pinch Jamie who was stillborn successful Season 2, mightiness person lived. “It’s conscionable truthful heartbreaking. It was specified a beautiful scene. I conscionable retrieve nan look connected Caitríona’s look when, arsenic Claire, nan pieces are falling into place.”

Roberts talks astir 2 scenes that guidelines retired to him, nan first requiring Gunn to bring a ample vessel successful erstwhile Jamie, Claire and Ian get successful Scotland. “It was nary mini feat to sail a vessel up from nan southbound of England, get it dressed. That segment worked retired truthful great. It reminded maine of erstwhile we were successful South Africa, doing each nan vessel scenes (in Season 3).”

When Claire comes down nan stairs successful a beautiful dress, it’s a infinitesimal that Biggar and nan costume section executed perfectly. Roberts said, “It’s benignant of reminiscent of nan reddish dress (from Season 2).” Claire, nan caller Mrs. Lord John Grey, must make her first nationalist quality successful this very dress. Biggar said, “It took weeks and weeks to make. Pure lace. I wanted to make it without location being immoderate seams successful it, truthful it was beautiful analyzable for (our team). There were galore group moving connected different parts astatine nan aforesaid time. We covered it yet successful small sparkles truthful that nan candle ray would beryllium picking it up.” And really did Balfe grip having to creation successful nan dress? Biggar lights up: “She’s awesome pinch costume. She conscionable benignant of puts things on, wears them and behaves arsenic if they’re conscionable regular clothes. She’s marvelous. She conscionable pops things connected and disconnected she goes.”

Lord John (David Berry) and Claire (Caitríona Balfe)Robert Wilson

For 7 seasons and complete 11 years of filming, nan bosom of “Outlander” has ever laic pinch its cardinal emotion communicative betwixt Jamie and Claire. Heughan and Balfe person agelong been hailed arsenic nan king and queen of chemistry. Davis confirms, “They ever astonishment me. Their chemistry is truthful good. We’ve gotten truthful utilized to them being truthful bully together, that we return it for granted. That chemistry, you can’t buy.”

Davis revealed that Jamie and Claire’s reunion emotion segment was expected to beryllium bigger. “There’s a very iconic segment successful nan book wherever Jamie and Claire get successful a large fight. Jamie is suspicious of Claire having slept pinch Lord John. They person this big, break tables, propulsion things to nan ground, lovemaking segment and an argument. We wanted to do it for illustration nan book. It’s this potting shed. Mike tried very difficult to do that for us. We recovered a awesome greenhouse. But past nan lighting and nan weather. We ended up putting it into nan location connected Chestnut Street. There were galore debates astir that too. ‘Are they going to conflict astir Lord John, but yet they’re going to make emotion successful Lord John’s house?’ It each came together. That’s a existent testament to Sam and Caitríona, they make everything work.” Jamie and Claire reunite connected a eating table. And luckily that array survived.

When Jamie is first presumed dead, Gunn said, “The assemblage knows that Jamie is not dead, but (they) request to judge that Claire thinks that Jamie’s dead. Sam and Caitríona propulsion that retired each azygous clip because of their chemistry. She was stunning successful that episode.”

Gunn talks astir nan group for erstwhile Claire is shot. “We wanted it to beryllium rather dramatic, because it’s nan finale. It had to location nan ending of their travel for that season. We wanted that nonstop opposition from nan unit of nan warfare that’s extracurricular and nan horrid quality of nan truth that Claire has been changeable to nan serenity that’s inside.”

Davis and Roberts explained that nan book segment wherever Lord John and Claire slumber together was not easy. Davis says Balfe and David Berry struggled pinch nan storyline. “Why would Claire and Lord John slumber together?” Balfe first said astir it astatine ATX Festival astatine nan opening of play 7. Roberts says, “I don’t moreover for illustration to deliberation of it arsenic lovemaking, aliases them having sex. What they were doing is they were grieving.”

Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitríona Balfe)Robert Wilson

The squad besides addressed nan play 7 finale twist that shocked nan audience. Claire tells Jamie, “I deliberation our girl Faith lived.” Davis confesses that everyone successful nan formed first said, “What? How is that possible?” Season 8 will explicate it each they promise. Cue George Michael, “You gotta person Faith.”

Roberts revealed they didn’t conscionable movie 1 ending for their bid finale. “We filmed aggregate endings. It was important that it not get retired what we were doing. We were very careful. I knew it would beryllium very emotional. I would say, astir apt 4 that went retired into nan world.” Biggar, Davis, Gunn, and Roberts ended by teasing nan last play successful conscionable a fewer words. Gunn went pinch alliteration and said, “Epic epic end.” Biggar said, “Surprise,” because she didn’t activity connected play 8, she near to activity connected nan prequel, “Outlander: Blood of My Blood.” Davis brought it location with, “Emotional, heartbreak, tears.” Gunn added, “Maybe of joy!” Roberts summed it up pinch 1 word, “Satisfying.” But which of nan 4 endings is nan existent ending 1 has to wonder?

A small heartbreak, a small satisfaction, and a batch of tears, sounds for illustration a cleanable ending to “Outlander.” As agelong arsenic it’s not “Four Endings and Jamie aliases Claire’s Funeral,” nan “Outlander” assemblage will beryllium happy. Watch nan afloat sheet chat to perceive nan squad break down each nan Season 7 moments that made it 1 of nan strongest seasons yet.

“Outlander” is streaming now connected Starz. The prequel show, “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” will premiere connected August 8 connected Starz.

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