Sam Heughan

How “My Peak Challenge” Became Sam Heughan’s “Field of Dreams”

“People will come, Ray. They’ll come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they’re doing it…. Because, if you believe the impossible, the incredible can come true.” That quote was from Field of Dreams, but it could have just as easily been talking about…

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Get To Know Them: 13 Personal Questions With Outlander Actor Scott Kyle

Mary and I recently had the pleasure of speaking with actor Scott Kyle (Ross) on Outlander Cast. Our episode with Scott kicked off a new series for the podcast and Outlander Cast Blog we’re calling “Gonelander” – a celebration of all the actors and characters from Outlander who we fell in love with, but who won’t…

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“In Case You Missed It”: Outlander News Round-Up — #Droughtlander Edition #2

  I wake up some days and think, when will it end?  Can I endure?  When will it stop, the wanting you?  It’s interminable.  I don’t entirely understand this level of torture.  I mean – are we not just all devoted fans looking for the good (mostly!) in this enterprise known as “Outlander?”  All we want is…

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Into the Darkness: Finding Personal Light through Outlander

                      I discovered Outlander this spring when my family moved to a new house.  On the day of the move, I went to the house early to wait for the cable installer.  My partner was coming later with the movers. After the cable was installed,…

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The Need to Belong: Outlander’s Jamie and Claire as Outsiders Looking In

The heart of Outlander is Claire and Jamie’s story, but it is also the stories of outsiders — those who find themselves through circumstance, birth, character or social position outside of society. The need and drive to belong — to a family, a home, a place — and to feel loved is a deep-rooted human imperative. We…

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Surviving Loss and Claire’s Second Chance

Written by: Anne Hawkinson In the Season 2 finale (“Dragonfly in Amber”), Roger asks Claire, “How do you say goodbye to that one person you’ve loved most in the world?” Claire answers, “Whether you want to say goodbye or not, they’re gone and you have to go on living without them.” Roger is referring to…

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Behind the Scenes at the BAFTAs: Outlander Up Close and Personal

Written by: Naomi Booker, Guest Contributor Who knew that on the 21st September 2016, I would meet my BFF Outlander friends on a West End Street in Glasgow.  Andree, Dora, Morag, Ren, Sabrina and I started the day as strangers with a mutual interest (or should I say obsession?) and ended the day as friends, having…

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Outlander Casting News! We Have Geneva, Isobel and Young Jamie!

In the vast sea that is Droughtlander III: Attack of the Obsessenachs (more on that in a later post), we welcome casting news announcements like Kate Winslet clinging to that door . . . as if our very lives depend on them. Perhaps no casting was as nervously anticipated as Geneva Dunsany. Geneva is the…

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OUTLANDER SEASON 3 RETURNS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED BUT WILL A MUCH ANTICIPATED REUNION TURN TRAGEDY FOR FANS?

This article is so spoilery, it spoils the spoiler! You know the drill. Seriously, though . . . major spoilers after the jump, so if you have not read ALL of Voyager, stop reading RIGHT NOW.   Still with me? Okay . . . let’s hit the jump and get into this, shall we? Ask…

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#AskCait Q&A on Twitter — Everything you want to know about Outlander’s Caitriona Balfe!

  Caitriona Balfe served up a whopper of a Q&A on Twitter today.  She promised to do so when she reached 200,000 followers on Twitter, and keep that promise she did!  For more than an hour, Caitriona generously answered questions from eager Outlander fans and was joined by a few other cast members.  Gee, I…

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