“Liam Neeson and Sir Sean Connery were the first contenders for Jamie,” Gabaldon revealed. Saturdays episode, 'La Dame Blanche,' starts off innocently. Pic credit: Starz Here’s who Diana Gabaldon had in mind to play Jamie FraserĪccording to a recent interview Gabaldon did with Parade, she had a couple of contenders in mind - and they may not be at all who you might imagine. Outlander, though, seems truly hellbent on demonstrating the infinite nature of suffering, and I wonder if its becoming too much. Sam Heughan as Jamie and Caitriona Balfe as Claire in Outlander. How many episodes will there be in Outlander Season 6 Despite our wish for more, there will only be 8 episodes in Season 6, down from the 12 there were in. Because of this, the author was often asked about who she would like to see portray Jamie on the big screen. All the episodes from the first 5 seasons of the British-American television drama based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon. The pair are conveniently wed in order to keep Claire safe, but they fall head over heels in love, and their love story has sustained many readers until Starz took on production of the TV adaptation in 2014 - where a truckload of new fans was found.īecause the book was a huge success and it was the 90s, there was talk of turning it into a movie.
Here’s she meets Jamie Fraser, who is involved in the Jacobite uprising against the British. Set in the dual times of the 1940s post-World War Two era and the late 1700s, the story follows Claire, who accidentally steps through the standing stones at Craig na Dun in the Scottish highlands and back in time to 1743. Outlander was first released as the first book in the series in 1991.
Outlander was originally shopped for movie options However, according to Diana Gabaldon, who is the author of the book series, she originally had other actors in mind to play Jamie.
Pic credit: Starzįor many fans of Starz’s adaptation of Outlander, Sam Heughan, who portrays the main character, Jamie Fraser, is the perfect version of the book character. Sam Heughan stars as Jamie Fraser in Outlander.