Beginning robust. Outlander star Sam Heughan can’t watch for followers to see the thrilling season 7 premiere, the Scotland native solely instructed Us Weekly.
“We choose up shortly after with the top of final season, which is a superb cliffhanger,” the actor, 42, stated whereas chatting with Us on Wednesday, June 1, about his participation in The Distinguished Gentleman’s Trip in assist of Movember (the worldwide males’s well being group which raises consciousness for prostate most cancers, testicular most cancers, males’s psychological well being and suicide prevention).
The sixth season of Outlander ended final month with Claire (Caitríona Balfe) being arrested for homicide, and Jamie (Heughan) has to seek out her whereas the Revolutionary Conflict is formally underway. “America actually is in type of turmoil. There’s revolution, and Jamie and Claire are separated,” the Males in Kilts star teased. “There’s additionally the prophecy of Jamie and Claire’s loss of life, you already know, that they’re presupposed to die in a fireplace. There’s simply a lot happening.”
Fortunately, there can be much more episodes than regular to unpack all of that drama. Between COVID-19 protocols and Balfe’s maternity go away (she and husband Tony McGill welcomed a child boy in August 2021), season 6 was shorted to simply eight episodes. The 4 remaining installments have been added to Outlander season 7, giving the Starz sequence a 16-episode season.
“This actually is super-sized season,” Heughan defined. “We actually begin off with a bang. The primary couple episodes are actually robust, and that’s so far as we’ve received shooting-wise. However I do know there’s a lot that we’re nonetheless about to get to. Not solely that you just’ve received lots of new characters coming in or characters that I feel are anticipated by followers — together with, after all, Jamie Fraser’s son — however a bunch of latest characters as properly.”
William Ransom hasn’t been seen since he was a baby, however season 7 will introduce Jamie’s estranged son as a person, performed by actor Charles Vandervaart, who’s already having enjoyable alongside Heughan.
“Charles does a reasonably respectable job. I’ve to say, he’s an excellent trying boy. Too good trying. I attempted to get him sacked on his first day, however no luck,” the Clanlands creator joked.
He is aware of Charles is more likely to get the identical assist he will get from the Outlander fandom. The viewers assist Heughan’s many initiatives, together with his varied philanthropy efforts. When Heughan introduced he was taking part in The Distinguished Gentleman’s Trip final month, his fan base instantly mobilized, elevating over $56,000 for Movember — regardless of solely studying concerning the actor’s participation lower than every week earlier than the occasion.
The Spy Who Dumped Me star gushed about his beneficiant supporters whereas chatting with Us on World Outlander Day, which falls on June 1 yearly to mark the anniversary of Diana Gabaldon‘s first novel within the historic sequence hitting cabinets.
“On World Outlander Day, I’d prefer to thank all of our followers for his or her assist,” Heughan solely instructed Us. “Truthfully, it’s been overwhelming, they usually proceed to shock us. After which I feel this assist of the [Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride] is simply living proof.”
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama alum defined that he solely needed to put out a simple tweet earlier than donations began rolling in. “I hadn’t even put it on my different social but, and my inbox was flooded from messages from the donations web page, and it hasn’t stopped,” he raved. “So I’d like to love everybody that’s supported this nice trigger. It was lots of enjoyable to partake in, but additionally actually necessary ’reason for the work that Movember is doing. So due to them.”
He concluded, “To the followers, please, please hold having fun with the present, and also you’ve received lots of bingeing to do earlier than we get again to the brand new season — however the Droughtlander can be over. I promise.” Starz has not introduced a premiere date for season 7 but.
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